Holiday
Inn Express, Sulphur, LA
Date:
Friday, April 25, 2003
Time:
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Mike
Gragg, Treasurer, opened the meeting and welcomed everyone in
attendance. The
participants introduced themselves.
There were 31 members and guests in attendance.
Minutes of
the January 31, 2003 meeting were distributed, read, and approved
April 25, 2003.
The following members were approved by
the steering committee.
Non-Voting—
Kirk Hunter, Texas State Technical College, Waco, TX
Tammy Terrell, Chevron Phillips, Baytown, TX
John Borecki, Dow Chemical Company, Texas City, TX
Executive
Directors Report – Steve Erickson – reported
that the Summer Institute for High School Females had been awarded
to Baton Rouge Community College at the Executive Committee Meeting
following the January GCPTA meeting.
Steve iterated that this (non-traditional female jobs) is
something the GCPTA needs to address.
Along this same line, Steve stated that the GCPTA is
partnering with the IICTA on a Perkins Grant to build a Tool Kit to
market technology jobs for Women.
He thanked the IICTA for allowing us to partner with them.
The GCPTA should be hearing something on this in the near
future.
Ed
Stiles took the GCPTA financial records to Stan Fortson and he has
filed the necessary forms to the IRS on behalf of the GCPTA.
The
SME’s who worked on the Instrumentation Modules have been paid by
the GCPTA. Steve
thanked Oran Sonnier for working on the Oil & Gas modules.
The
GCPTA sent a letter to Governor Rick Perry about the community
colleges’ cuts in finances outlining our position about this.
Gary Hicks, Mike Gragg and Steve Erickson composed this
letter, which was outstanding.
Steve encouraged industry members to send letters to
government officials on their letterhead on issues that affect
education.
Steve
reported that because of scheduling problems and lower costs, we
could possibly be moving the next meetings to the Holiday Inn on
Nassau Road One just down from the Hilton in Nassau Bay, TX.
The Executive Committee is to rule on this.
Steve
reported that the Education and Career Expo held in February was a
tremendous success. There
were 200 students who attended with 14 companies represented.
There was great dialogue between the students and the
companies. This was a
great opportunity for the students to meet and talk with those who
are their potential employers.
Steve also mentioned that the GCPTA is looking into having
another Career Fair at night this fall.
Subcommittee
– Funding – John Payne
– gave a power point presentation on the progress of the Funding
Committee. John
explained to everyone that he was the Chairman of this committee and
that this allowed him a seat on the Executive Committee.
He encouraged everyone to participate by attending meetings
and joining and participating in the subcommittees where the
majority of the work for the GCPTA gets done.
John
explained the Mission and Vision of the Funding Committee:
·
Mission
The
funding sub-committee exists to provide assurance that the GCPTA
revenue meets or exceeds forecast demand.
·
Vision
The
GCPTA will develop and implement strategies, employ personnel, and
foster activities that will enable the supply of Process Technology
graduates to meet forecasted industry needs.
·
Vision
Elements
Ø
Strategies
are developed for each GCPTA goal along with implementation plans
Ø
Staff will
be employed that will enable the plans to be carried out
Ø
Funds will
be available to enable staff to complete their requirements
Ø
Committee
activities will be funded as required to assure the vision
John
explained the Funding Subcommittee Objectives:
·
Objective I:
Sponsor and fund the development of strategies and plans for
each stated goal and implementation
Goals:
§
Assure that
all committee goals are measurable and realistic
§
Acquire/allocate
needed funding for any assistance needed for development of goals
§
Acquire/allocate
funding needed for implementation plans
§
Develop plan
to assure adequate funding for current and future efforts
·
Objective 2:
Provide staffing to meet objectives
Goals:
§
Prioritize
work activities
§
Develop
staff work scope to meet objectives
§
Determine
staff expertise, availability and staff the office accordingly
§
Develop plan
to provide funding
·
Objective 3:
Provide for facilities
Goals:
§
Itemize list
of needed facilities according to staff needs
§
Develop
plan/budget to assure funding
John
explained the financial situation of the GCPTA as follows:
·
Balances as
of 4/25/03
§
Bank Balance
as of 2/28/03
$42,538.22
§
2003 Total
Budget $55,835.00
§
33% Income
Should Be
$18,425.00
§
Actual YTD
Income $13,994.80
§
Over/Under
-4,488.55
§
YTD Expenses
$13,936.45
§
Income is
running 24.4% below target.
·
Objective 4:
All committee requirements are funded so that their missions
are carried out
Goals:
§
Communicate
with committees to determine needs and itemize
§
In
conjunction with committees, estimate funding necessary to enable
success for each committee
§
Identify and
recommend activities that will generate short and long-term funding
§
Assist in
coordinating such activities to generate funds as needed
Financial
Report – Mike Gragg
– reported that to date in 2003, Expenses were $13,936.45 and
Income was $13,994.80. The
bank balance at the end of February 2003 was $42,538.22.
Anyone wishing to review these figures should contact Steve
Erickson or Ann Treigle.
Subcommittee
on Public Relations – Mike Gragg –
Mike reported they have several projects they want to work on, but
have money constraints. They
have spent time with Debbie Shoots with CAPT to make sure there is
no duplication in projects in order to make wise use of funds.
(Learn from state of LA)
Subcommittee
on Education – Martha McKinley
– Martha reported they had been meeting every month,
but that they hadn’t met since January.
Their work on the Skills Standards is on hold.
They will be working with CAPT on the development of an
Instrumentation textbook. She reported that the ESC’s model for internship
is on the Website. Mike
Kukuk reported that examples of documents for internships are on the
CAPT Website www.captech.org
under Additional Resources. Mike
also reported that work on the role of each person involved in
internships should be ready by December.
This will help with standardization and enable people and
companies to get started with co-ops and internships.
The
Education Subcommittee needs more industry representatives to
participate. One of the
ways that they can participate is by reviewing materials, which
requires no travel. If
you would like to participate in this way, please contact Gary Hicks
or Martha McKinley.
The
Glossary of Terms has been revised.
The Executive Committee will decide on the next step for its
dissemination.
NSF
Update – Merv Treigle
– Merv informed
everyone that Joanna Kile was meeting with our APICC partners in
Alaska. He reported
that he, Joanna Kile and Mike Kukuk had made a trip to New Jersey to
meet with our partners in the Greater New Jersey Process Technology
Alliance. They attended the advisory committee meeting held
at Elizabeth High School. This
high school is the largest high school in the state of New Jersey
and the only one with a process technology program.
Charles Gaffen has built an excellent process technology
program at the high school.
It can serve as a model for programs throughout the country.
Merv also reported that they had visited several partner
colleges, namely Delaware Technical and Community College-Stanton
Campus, and Salem Community College.
They also visited with Middlesex County College and will be
providing mentorship to them to help them establish a process
technology program. Mike
Kukuk will be serving as the mentor to Middlesex and the Greater New
Jersey Process Technology Alliance.
Merv
gave the following NSF presentation updating CAPT’s progress:
Curriculum
Activities:
·
Piloting Oil
and Gas Production I
(Being
piloted at Lamar Institute of Technology, Alvin Community College
and in Alaska)
·
Developing
Oil and Gas Production II
(Will
be piloted this fall.)
A
discussion ensued about an exit option in oil and gas production and
exploration for students in the various process technology programs.
Several strategies were discussed among the participants.
They were as follows: Allowing
students to take the E&P courses in lieu of other technical
electives; allowing students to take additional hours; or adding
additional hours if possible to process technology programs which do
not allow for E&P to be an elective.
·
In the early
Phases of Instrumentation Textbook Development
ü
The
Education Subcommittees provided input for content emphasis using a
tool defining Difficulty, Impact, and Frequency (DIF)
ü
The DIF tool
was provided to ESC members on 2/3/03 and returned by 2/28/03 and
has now been compiled. This was a 43-page questionnaire, which required a
great deal of work for those providing the input.
Professional
Development Activities:
·
Critical
Issues and Best Practices will beheld at South Shore Harbour Resort
and Convention Center on October 9th and 10th,
2003.
ü
Rooms are
available through September 9th at a rate of $99
ü
A Call for
Proposal was mailed out on 3/24/03
ü
Scholarships
for Faculty will again be available to those who wish to attend the
CIBP
o
15 Full
Scholarships will be available that will cover the cost of
registration, 2 night stay at the hotel and up to $450 in travel
costs
o
20 Partial
Scholarships will be available that will cover cost of registration
and 2 night stay at the hotel
·
Two One-Week
Faculty Summer Institutes at Brazosport College
ü
Being
sponsored by CAPT & ACS
ü
Flyers were
sent out to all CAPT, GCPTA & ACS mailing lists
ü
The
Introductory Institute will be held June 9th through June
13th
ü
The Advanced
Institute will be held July 14th through July 18th
ü
Registration
can be made with Steven Iwanowski at the ACS, Phone 202-872-6124 or
Email S_Iwanowski@acs.org
Professional Development Activities:
·
Student
Internships
ü
CAPT
received and compiled 69 applications for BP
John
Payne reported that 42 of the applicants met minimum criteria.
BP conducted interviews with the 42 applicants, who were from
SOWELA, Baton Rouge, LA, Texas City, TX and Farmington, NM.
BP will have a total of 19 internships this summer, 8 in the
lower 48 states and 11 in Alaska.
John offered that BP would share entire program with those
who want to put together internships.
ü
CAPT is
willing to help companies interested in providing internships to a
diverse number of students throughout the United States.
This includes helping develop a brochure for advertising and
receiving and compiling the applications for the companies.
·
Scholarships
ü
Deadline has
been extended to May 1 for the Dow and BP Scholarships
Colleges
were encouraged to promote the scholarships to their students and to
encourage the students to make applications for scholarships.
·
Faculty
Short Workshops
ü
APICC will
be conducting one in August on Auditing the PT program with Kathy
Trahan
Capacity
Building Activities:
·
Mentor
Program
ü
Bellingham
Technical College in Washington State
Steve
Ames will be making a site visit on May 14th.
Satpal Sidhu, the Program Chair at Bellingham, related that
the May 14th advisory committee meeting might have as
many as 60 representatives in attendance.
ü
Calhoun
Community College in Alabama
Mike
Cobb and Jerry Duncan with COM are working with Jim Swindell, the
Program Chair at Calhoun CC, establishing a PT program.
ü
Los Angels
Trade Technical College in California
Mike
Kukuk is working with the California Alliance and hopes to help get
the program started in 2004.
ü
Middlesex
County College in New Jersey
Mike
Kukuk will be working with the college in their efforts to establish
a PT program.
·
Industrial
Technology Summer Institute for High School Females
ü
Will be held
this summer at Baton Rouge Community College
·
Partner
Forms
ü
Have
received 38 Community College partner forms
ü
Developing
associate and international partner forms
Dissemination
Activities:
·
Trends in
Process Technology Education Report is now available on website or
for purchase
·
Student
Success Stories Publication is now available on the website or for
purchase
·
ROI Baseline
Survey Complete will be available for purchase, contact CAPT for
pricing
·
A new CAPT
website architecture is being created
Evaluation
and Assessment:
·
Level 3
Evaluation
ü
10 to 12
Chemical and Refining companies and 6 to 8 Oil and Gas Exploration
& Production companies are wanted to participate in establishing
an evaluation tool for skills, knowledge and attitude for hires out
of the process technology programs.
ü
The
companies will be asked to meet at the 2003 Critical Issues and Best
Practices Conference to help establish these criteria
ü
They will be
asked to evaluate their next new class of hires using the
established criteria as follows:
o
During their
new hire training
o
During their
OJT after their first job posting
o
After 6
months to a year
·
Assessment
ü
Gary Hicks
is chairing a national advisory subcommittee
ü
CAPT will be
developing a national assessment tool broad in scope with its
national partners. More
information will be made available at a later date.
For further information on CAPT activities, contact:
Joanna Kile or Merv Treigle
CAPT at College of the Mainland
1200 Amburn Road
Texas City, Texas 77591
(409) 938-1211, Ext. 101 or 107
Subcommittee
on Standards & Quality – Ed Stiles
reported that the Executive Committee would be having a meeting the
following Friday and that more projects for this committee would be
coming. Ed gave a power
point presentation updating the status of this committee.
Ed
explained that there were two requirements for GCPTA Member Schools,
which were, announced at the November 1, 2002 GCPTA meeting and
1/31/03 business meetings and were also emailed to member schools on
11/9/02. These
requirements are as follows:
1.
Establish
and Maintain a Viable Advisory Committee
2.
Conduct
P-Tech Program Audits
Requirement
for:
1.
Establish
and Maintain a Viable Advisory Committee is as follows:
All
affiliated colleges (Endorsed and Recommended) will submit the
following to the Standards and Quality Committee (Via Kathy Trahan
or Ed Stiles):
a)
Minutes of
each of their Advisory Committee meetings
b)
Advisory
Committee member names and their contact information (contact info
optional)
Status:
Schools,
which have submitted adequate documentation of an active advisory
committee, are as follows:
Ascension,
BRCC, Brazosport, COM, Del Mar, HCC, LIT, McNeese, River Parishes,
San Jacinto, Sowela, TSTC and Victoria.
Requirement for:
2.
Conduct
P-Tech Program Audits
a)
All
affiliated colleges will begin implementation of an auditing process
by no later than the beginning of the Spring Semester of 2003
b)
Colleges
will submit the guidelines of their audit process by no later than
the end of the Spring Semester of 2003
(NOTE:
An audit does not have to have been conducted at this time)
c)
Colleges
will provide this Committee with abbreviated status reports on their
auditing efforts as they occur
Status:
Schools,
which have submitted adequate documentation of their audit process
guidelines, are as follows:
BRCC,
COM, HCC, McNeese, River Parishes, San Jacinto & Sowela
What Happens Next?
If a college fails to show evidence of both a viable Advisory
Committee and an auditing process, the Standards and Quality
Committee will recommend to the GCPTA Executive Committee that that
school’s Endorsed or Recommended status be reviewed for possible
revocation.
Ed explained that industry wants a standardized program and
this process is a way of standardizing.
This is a tender nudge in the back.
Ed also explained that once a school’s audit process kicks
in, it wouldn’t have to submit minutes anymore.
As for the audit process, he and Kathy want to know where you
stand now. If you haven’t
done an audit, call Kathy Trahan, they are doing one in July and
invite you to see how they do it.
Ed and Kathy will be contacting the schools that have not
submitted the information requested will be contacted in the next
week and a half.
For further information contact:
Ed Stiles, Co-Chair at eddie.stiles@lyondell-citgo.com
Kathy Trahan, Co-Chair at trahank@mybr.cc
College
Advisory Committees
·
Baton
Rouge Community College – Ronnie Hotard
& Kathy Trahan – reported the following:
BRCC
will be hosting the Summer Institute for High School Females from
June 23-27, 2003. Stacey
Chiasson, LCA/Career Builders is assisting with recruiting the 20
students that will be participating along with industry members and
the BRCC faculty and staff.
Currently
six students are finishing up their internships in the Baton Rouge
area with six more preparing for the summer sessions.
One
Hundred and eighteen (118) students signed up for BRCC’s PTEC
club. Larry Rabalais
will be addressing club members on May 1st regarding
SkillsUSA chapter development and PTEC competition development.
New
Best Practices: Kirkwood
Community College invited BRCC to participate in a student
recruiting practice that supports between 35% and 70% of their
enrollment. BRCC held
their first high school recruiting event in April attracting 28
students. The second
event drew 156 students from three area high schools.
BRCC decided a cap of 50 participants for future events would
be more manageable. ExxonMobil
bought pizza for all of the participants.
BRCC
staff, faculty and students are using plant directories, maps and
CDs for the Houston Ship Channel and the Lower Mississippi corridor
provided by the Homesite Company out of Baton Rouge.
These reference materials are used by staff to recruit
industry support and obtain industry specific process for use in
chemistry classes. Students
use them to job hunt, prepare for interviews, and complete
assignments. Flyers
from the vendor were given to interested members.
·
Lamar
Institute of Technology – Ronnie Baker – reported
Lamar Institute of Technology’s process operating program
continues to turn out graduates.
It will graduate 50 students May 9.
LIT has awarded 105 Associate Degrees in Process Technology
since last August. Port
Arthur Refining and Chemical Plants have established 20 $8,000 for
graduates of the Port Arthur Independent School District to obtain
an Associate Degree in Process Operating Technology or
Instrumentation from Lamar State College in Port Arthur or from LIT
in Beaumont. ExxonMobil in Beaumont is awarding more than
$18,000 in scholarships and summer employment to four students
entering process technology at LIT.
LIT’s
Advisory Board met a week and a half ago.
One of ExxonMobil’s scholarship students competed Skill’s
USA and won a gold metal.
·
Louisiana
Technical College – Linton LeCompte – reported
the current postsecondary enrollment is 150 with the current
secondary enrollment at 35. They
anticipate 14 graduates in May 2003.
Plane “E” P-Tech Lab is 90% complete.
SOWELA
is offering Introduction to PTech at three area high schools with an
enrollment of 35 students. After a meeting with area school principals last
month, two more schools in Calcasieu Parish and four schools in Jeff
Davis Parish are requesting a P-Tech course for their students.
Enrollment has doubled and the administrators love it.
During
this time of reduced employment for graduates, they have initiated a
training program for P-Tech students in forklift and man-lift
operations. Each
student successfully completing the training will receive
certification.
They
are also attempting to find an avenue to get HAZWOPER certification
for their students.
SOWELA
will have a summer program beginning June 9th for 2 weeks
for those who have not yet defined what they want to doing following
high school.
·
College
of the Mainland – Mike Kukuk – reported
that Mike Cobb and Jerry Duncan were unable to attend the meeting
because they were running 24-hour hands on workshop for Marathon
Ashland in Texas City. Four
other industries are interested in doing this.
P-Tech
has entered into a mentoring program with Calhoun College.
Initial contact has been made and goals have been set.
P-Tech’s
training plant (Glycol Separation Unit) has had its feed and product
tankfield revamped recently. The original setup utilized 55-gallon drums for
feed and product storage. As
the drums were emptied and refilled during operation, it created
compositional changes that placed the unit in an upset condition.
The new installation consists of a 500-gallon stainless tank
that is used for both feed and product.
The unit can now operate indefinitely without severe
compositional upsets.
They
are conducting classroom workshops on trouble shooting.
And, they are running this Glycol unit more and more to
satisfy industry needs.
The
second week in May, Mike Cobb and Jerry Duncan will have 2 classes
split into 2 shifts for 40 hours to run a plant.
They will start-up the plant, keep it running and shut it
down. Students will
experience what it is like to actually run a plant.
The
Female Institute was awarded to Baton Rouge Community College this
year by the GCPTA. COM has decided have a Female Institute next
summer whether or not they are awarded it from GCPTA. In order to do
this, they will need money from industry. They will be recruiting approximately 20 students
for this institute.
·
McNeese
State University – Bernie Newman – reported
there are 97 students enrolled in the Process Plant Technology
program this semester. Twelve
of these students are in the B.S. program.
They expect their first bachelor’s degree in the Process
Plant Concentration to be awarded this semester.
The bachelor’s degree is SACS-accredited.
Plans are to obtain ABET accreditation for the bachelor’s
degree by Fall 2005.
Everything
is looking good for final ABET accreditation for the 2-year
associate’s degree this summer.
Sixteen students are scheduled to graduate next month with
A.S. degrees in Process Plant Technology.
The 2-year degree is SACS accredited.
Process
plant technology students have started up a student organization.
So far, they have participated in several activities.
They demonstrated several working process models for high
school students during Engineering Week.
Over 200 high school students visited McNeese during this
open house. The
students were also invited out to ABC during the Mechanical Skills
Competition for high school students from the five-parish area.
The McNeese students gave demonstrations and ran the ABC skid
unit using the Honeywell TDC3000 DCS unit to promote process
technology to the high school students and local industry.
·
Louisiana
Technical College-River Parishes – Ronnie Madere & George
Foret – reported they
have 106 students enrolled inn Process Technology this Spring 2003.
They have 49 evening students, 23-day students, 13 ESJ High
School students, 8 St. James/Lutcher High School students and 13
Destrehan/Hahnville High School students.
Placements
for recent graduates and students include:
Dallas
Stratton, Scott Bass
S. F. Industries
Russ
Landry, Scott Waggenspack
Shell Geismar
Jay
Stiles
Laitrum Corporation
Internships:
Donna
Watkins, Sean Gasper
Shell Geismar
Morris
McMurray
Entergy
Job
offer after graduation:
Tim
Carmouche
Shell Geismar
Testing
for Chevron Phillips:
Ben
For, Andy Kliebert, Darren Gaubert, and Jason Hayes
They
have three high school programs in place.
They will be running a 30 second recruiting spot in May
because their campus is under capacity.
·
Del Mar
College – Denise Rector & Dee Salmon – reported
they are beginning their early registration for the summer session.
The number of students signing up for Process Technology
classes looks strong for those already in the program, but they are
hoping for a number of new students to enroll because many telephone
calls have been received requesting information about Process
Technology and Del Mar College in general.
Their
Advisory Committee will meet again on Wednesday, April 23, 2003, to
discuss information gathered on how local companies hire new
employees. The idea was
developed to approach each company in the area to get a sense of
hiring criteria industry wide.
A “generic” model of this criteria will be produced from
information obtained from each company.
Dupont
Fluoroproducts donated 13 tabletop models of various processes to
the program and Valero Refining-Texas L.P. donated two Honeywell TDC
2000 simulator consoles with the instructor’s station.
They are in the process of getting these donations ready for
student use.
·
San Juan
College – Tony Otero – reported
they have 58 students enrolled.
They have placed five students at Four Corners Power
Plant-Arizona Public Service Company, and have placed two students
at Arkansas Loop Gas Process Plant-Red Cedar Gathering.
Modules A, B, C, D, E, F are operating using Wonderware
Control System and BTG operating using Bailey Control System.
They will have their first graduating group in May 2003.
They will be instructing three groups this summer, and
starting another group Fall 2003.
·
Victoria
College – Anita Riley – reported
Victoria College would hold a summer institute for 11th
and 12th grade young women to introduce them to careers
in process technology. The
institute will be held June 9-13.
Initial interest from schools has been good.
They hope to get 20 young women to attend.
Locally, the institute is being sponsored by Dow, DuPont, BP
and Equistar. Many thanks to Joanna Perkins for sharing all her
materials.
They
have submitted two grants to The Victoria College Foundation for
grant money to develop an Industrial Processes course and to
complete their laboratory manual, which encompasses exercises for
all their lab courses.
Their
on-line course is progressing well.
This has been a learning experience for them as well as their
students.
They
took their Intro students on a tour of local DuPont plant.
Some of the on-line students were able to attend as well.
·
Alvin
Community College – Mark Demark – reported
the Alvin Community College Advisory Committee for Process
Technology met at the college March 18, 2003 and developed a Mission
Statement and Goals for 2003. The
committee heard presentations by individuals representing the Center
for Workforce Development and Continuing Education on current and
prospective programs. Eight
industry and five college representatives were present at this
quarterly meeting. After
the meeting, each members was mailed a copy of the ACC developed
Handbook for Technical Advisory Committees.
The meeting is scheduled for May 7 and the committee plans to
tour the Process Technology facilities and review the academic
program.
ACC
is completing the piloting process for the first CAPT developed Oil
& Gas Production Course PTRT 1407.
As a capstone to this process, the ACC students and
instructor Mr. Jimmie Stewart were invited to tour an operating oil
and gas lease followed by several presentations at the college made
by the Production Superintendent, the Senior Production Engineer,
and the Environmental, Health and Safety Manager from Calpine, the
lease operator. Copies
of the presentations and photos taken during the tour were forwarded
to CAPT for inclusion into the course.
ACC
has scheduled a full slate of PTAC courses for both day and night
students for the Summer Semester 2003.
New
Business – Steve Erickson
·
Next GCPTA
meeting at Holiday Inn, NASA Road One, Nassau Bay, TX, Friday, July
25, 2003
·
Critical
Issues & Best Practices Conference October 9 & 10, 2003 at
South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center
§
Website www.processtech.org
is fully active and maintained by Bob Kosar of Grand Isle Group
Information Delivery Specialists.
If your school or company has a Website and it is not
accessible by just a click, contact the Webmaster by e-mail bobkosar@hal-pc.org.
§
Center for the Advancement of Process Technology
(CAPT) Website www.captech.org.
§ Contact the GCPTA at atgcpta@msn.com.
Nassau
Bay, TX Friday,
July 25, 2003
Nassau
Bay, TX Friday,
November 21,2003
***Other
Events***
Meeting
adjourned at 1:00 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Lisa
Arnold, Secretary
Gulf
Coast Process Technology Alliance
LA/at