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Technology and Workforce Development

The Office of Professional Education offers classes online, as hybrid options, in our classrooms or at your location.  Please contact us @ 860-832-2277 to discuss any option.

Central offers a variety of technical courses to support your growing business.  We combine the expertise of industry experts, academic experts and our professional staff to support you and your business.  Join any of our open enrollment programs and talk to us about bringing a program to your business.

 

Technology and Workforce Development Programs

This program is designed to help workers develop the basic skills required for visualizing and interpreting industrial prints, skills which are essential to the success of any quality improvement or scrap reduction effort.

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This course provides an introduction to finance fundamentals from an operations perspective.

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Based on ASME Y14.5-2009, this instructor-led introduction course simplifies GD&T learning using mostly visual material to explain basics of GD&T application, interpretation and verification as well as implications from design to manufacturing. Exercises are used throughout the course.

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GIS Essentials Certificate consists of 2 courses taught in the on-line/classroom (when possible) hybrid format. The first course is GIS Fundamentals.  Each course will run for 10 weeks (20 weeks for the certificate) during the spring and fall semesters.

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This course moves into more advanced functionality to locate, calculate, summarize and format data.

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The objective of this program is to provide project leaders with planning skills, and the confidence to effectively manage project teams of one or twenty – even when there is little formal authority over human and other resources.

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This course provides an exploration of metrology, the science of measurement, and its critical role.

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This course covers the fundamentals of auditing and specific techniques thereof. Included will be review and interpretation of the ISO 9001:2015 Standard as well as application of techniques during audit scenarios.

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Looking to achieve breakthrough improvement in business process performance, enhance your problem-solving skills, and systems thinking? Then the CCSU Lean Principles & Practice Certificate Program is for you.

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Lean Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a visual tool used in Lean management to analyze, design, and improve the flow of materials and information required to bring a product or service to a customer.

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Looking to get more organized? If you are new to project management, this is a good introductory course. This interactive training workshop enables participants to learn and practice 20 proven project management tools. Participants are asked to come to the program with a current or upcoming project to apply selected tools.

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This class is offered in conjunction with Asnuntuck Community College. The class is held at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield. This week long workshop provides an overview of orientation to the manufacturing processes.

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Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action is a process for finding the true cause(s) of events, identifying and implementing corrective actions. This training will include tools for effective problem solving, FMEA & PFMEA, and application in various industries: medical, aerospace, automotive, & more!

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Green Belts are Six Sigma practitioners who do process and product improvement project work. The focus of Six Sigma is to reduce and control variation and waste in our processes based on the importance to the customer and the business needs. Students will be required to complete a project at the end of class.

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This program provides participants with the knowledge and tools required for leading self, individuals and groups to work effectively.

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