Brazosport College – Lake Jackson, TX
Date: Friday,
July 30, 2004
Time: 9:00
am – 1:00 pm
Ed Stiles, Co-Chair of the Standards and Quality
Committee, the host Committee for this meeting, introduced David
Stedman with the Economic Development Alliance.
Mr. Stedman welcomed the attendees to the area.
He spoke in particular about the colleges and their roles in
supporting business. He
spoke about creating a lasting, solid public private partnership
between community, the state, industry, and the national government
to help solve problems regarding workforce development.
Ed Stiles introduced Steve Ames, President of the
GCPTA. Steve Ames
opened the business meeting and welcomed everyone in attendance.
There were 76 members and guests in attendance. Steve gave an
overview of the history of the GCPTA.
He told the audience that the GCPTA had over 100 members with
25 colleges participating. And,
that was not including CAPT who had many more members and colleges.
When people talk about Process Technology, they look to the
GCPTA and CAPT.
Steve Ames introduced Mike Kukuk with the College
of the Mainland who asked everyone to review the minutes of the last
meeting.
Minutes
of the April 23, 2004 meeting were distributed, read, and approved
July 30, 2004.
The
following members were approved by the steering committee:
In
District
Bobby Smith, Texas State Technical College, Marshall, TX
(taking
the place of Tommy Edgar)
Mike
Tucker, Eastman Chemical Company, Longview, TX
(taking
the place of Martha McKinley)
Tim
Carroll, BASF, Geismar, LA
Gary
Allison, Valero St. Charles Refinery, Norco, LA
Al
Dworsky, Equistar, Victoria, TX
Sam
Felts, Unocal, Victoria, TX
In
District
Walter Jackson, Baker Energy, Houston, TX
Dorothy
Ortego, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
(taking
the place of Carol Schulte)
Non-Voting
Out-of-District
Dave Young, Simtronics Corporation, Little Silver, NJ
Tommie
Broome, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS
Tim
Woodard, BP, Decatur, AL
Ronald
Good, Delta College, University Center, MI
Joan
Sabourin, Delta College, University Center, MI
Mike Gragg introduced the
Keynote Speaker, Bob Walker, Vice President, Texas Operations, Dow
Chemical.
The title of
Mr. Walker’s talk was “Skills Advancement as a Competitive
Advantage”. He asked
everyone to ponder Better Skills equal Better Decisions, Better
Decisions equal Better Results, and Better Results equal Better
Future. He talked about
increasing the skills of the workforce being very necessary.
Some of the roadblocks to increasing the skills mentioned
were beauracracy, infrastructure, and cuts in training budgets.
Training always has to justify what they are doing.
He spoke about Dow’s restructuring.
Mr. Walker explained that Dow had fifteen layers from the
operators to the CEO and they now have five or less.
Skill levels in many part of the world are equivalent to that
of America. Industry
must be able to compete with the global workforce and they must run
operations in a safe manner. Education’s
roll is critical. Having
a degree without applicable skills doesn’t matter anymore.
He congratulated industry and education for the strides they
have made in increasing the skills of the workforce.
A mock
marriage was held symbolizing the union and partnership between
industry and education. The
bride wore a wedding gown and the groom wore a tuxedo.
They walked down the aisle to the stage and stood on a
decorated arbor where Mike Gragg performed the ceremony.
Harry Engelhard was the bridegroom and Linda Fields was the
bride.
During the
ceremony, Mike Gragg emphasized the roles of industry and education:
Your core
competencies are design/engineering/construction/operation of
facilities producing high-quality products.
Be willing to “let go” and understand education is not
your core. Clearly
outline needs from content standpoint. There will be problems.
Your workforce hiring projections will be off or hard to
forecast. Your
leadership may resist setting educational hiring requirements.
Employees may need help understanding how academic courses
improve their in-plant skills.
Stay in the Dialogue. Communicate!
Put key measures for success in place—Be Accountable!
If Education builds it—Use it!!
This will contribute to success—cost savings for you,
increased enrollment for education.
You are charged with preparing minds, both willing
and unwilling for productive careers, not individual success.
You must, above all, be flexible and open to change.
Industry moves fast, must be competitive to survive.
Their success today assures long-term success for both. Industry cannot always operate on semester
schedule. Again, the
key is communication. Stay
in the Dialogue……….Don’t tell industry what you can’t do.
Tell ‘em what you can do.
Work with them. This,
again, will assure success for all involved in the partnership.
Vows Exchanged:
Accept responsibility to clearly identify needs to
continually update education on changes that may affect partnership?
To understand and support education’s broader community
responsibilities? Be
accountable for mutually set measures of success?
Accept responsibility to understand industry needs?
To work through conflict?
Use your academic strengths for real world success?
Be accountable for mutually set measures of success?
At the end of the mock
ceremony, Mike asked each attendee to open the ribboned scroll in
front of them on their table and read in unison the following:
We pledge to understand each other’s needs,
to keep open minds,
to uphold standards,
to pursue creative and flexible answers,
to keep the lines of communication open,
to remain current,
to overcome obstacles,
to articulate win-win solutions,
and to foster a skilled workforce.
Mike closed the ceremony
with these words:
“Empowered by the
interest all present have in improving the skill level of our
process technology graduates, I now pronounce you all eligible for
delivery of a competitive process technology workforce.
What education can make
stronger let no unyielding mindset tear apart.
Go and enlighten all of your colleagues.”
Lamar Institute of
Technology hosted a High School Female Institute funded by a
subaward to GCPTA through National Science Foundation grant funds
from CAPT. Vicki Rowlett stated that there were nine high school
female participants who took part in the institute.
As she spoke, she presented a slide show on the various
activities the girls engaged in.
Vicki related that most of the girls had never heard of
process technology or considered it as a career choice.
Throughout the institute, the students asked many questions.
Vicki talked about the different projects the girls were
involved with, one of them being identifying chemicals in the
different products they use personally and at home.
Vicki said the girls were very interested in talking with the
industry female process technicians. Vicki related that ExxonMobil and Atofina had
provided tee shirts and lunch respectively.
Vicki said that several of the girls said they had changed
their minds and might possibly consider process technology as a
career choice. Eric Newby with BASF voiced his support for the
institute relating how efforts like these are very helpful in
recruiting a more diverse and representative workforce.
Dennis Link reported on
the benefits for BP by their participation in the Internship
Program. He stressed
that it is a great way to evaluate whether an individual will fit
into the BP organization. It
provides an opportunity to look at an individual’s attitude,
motivation and desire along with the requisite knowledge and skills
required to perform the job. In
most cases, the internship generally leads to a job offer.
The program provides the college a great recruiting tool that
not only brings students into the classroom, but also provides for
additional state funding due to increase in enrollment.
Those participating in the program have the attitude that it’s
“my program”. Everyone
seems to take ownership and it helps to provide credibility in the
community. In addition,
it provides great hands-on experience for the students who
participate in the program. Dennis
went on to explain how the BP Internship Program was structured.
He along with George Ayala, PACE representative, and training
coordinator at the BP Texas City site provided information and
statistics on the value of participating in an internship program.
John Payne explained how
the internship program has grown into a very successful program over
the last four years. He
provided statistics and numbers to show how BP has participated
throughout the United States in providing internship opportunities
to students from many of the GCPTA and CAPT partner institutions.
The internship applications grew from 20 in 2001 to 250 in
2004 resulting in the offering of 31 internships in various
locations across the United States.
John showed pictures of
the students and the different locations in which they were working.
Many of the students were working in different geographic
areas from where they live and go to school.
John pointed out that his field managers and superintendents
really felt a buy-in to the program because they were not only
afforded the opportunity to observe the interns in a real work
situation, but they also had the final say in tendering a job offer
to the intern.
The Committee on
Curriculum and Education’s main focus, for the summer, has been
the Instrumentation textbook. The
Committee has been meeting every week to review book chapters in
order to meet the August 31st deadline.
They desperately need industry input!!
Future meetings are scheduled for August 6th and
August 20th. Please
contact Gary Hicks or Martha McKinley if you wish to participate in
the textbook review.
The HAZWOPER
training course materials, donated by Bayport Training &
Technical Center, are being piloted by Brazosport College during the
week of August 16th.
This pilot resulted from discussion and decision by the
Committee on Curriculum and Education to review the materials for
use by the Alliance member colleges to certify students and
incumbent industry employees.
Kathy informed the attendees that the Committee
would be recognizing the endorsed colleges at the next GCPTA meeting
in November. She showed
everyone a sample of the plaque that would be awarded and mentioned
that any other colleges wishing to become endorsed should go to the
GCPTA website www.processtech.org--Standards
and Quality Subcommittee. To find out what it takes to become an
endorsed college. Kathy
suggested that if their school administrators had an aversion to
audits, just call the document a program review or program
assessment. The
important thing is to take stock of your current program, identify
gaps that need to be addressed and submit a plan to address them.
She mentioned that regardless of where your program is now,
as long as you complete the requirements list on the web and
demonstrate a willingness to improve your program you could gain
endorsement status for your college.
She asked that the endorsed colleges notify their
administrators about the presentations so that they have the
opportunity to be present when their college is recognized.
The endorsed colleges thus far are:
Baton Rouge Community College, College of the Mainland,
Houston Community College, McNeese State University, Louisiana
Technical College-River Parishes Campus, San Jacinto College-Central
Campus, Sowela Technical Community College, Texas State Technical
College-Marshall, Lamar Institute of Technology, and Brazosport
College.
Kathy reported that the reason the Standards &
Quality Committee requested that this meeting sponsored by their
committee be held at Brazosport in conjunction with the CBIT because
of the high standards they demonstrate in all that they do.
Linda Fields and Larry are prime examples of how successful a
college can be when they engage partners such as Dow Chemical and
recognize the best use of talented instructors such as Gary Hicks.
Gary’s development of the glass labs is an example of the
continuous improvement. Texas
shared the designs with the Louisiana campuses, thus Louisiana is
able to create standardized units at several campuses, create tools
such as the pocket toolbox to support the glass lab safety an
analytical procedures and then go a step further by simulating those
models and migrating them to web-based delivery through a
partnership with KSSI.
Kathy brought copies of information put out by the
Homesite Company and a flyer that BRCC has found helpful to their
students an faculty as a resource for interacting with area
facilities for donations, tours, externships, internships, testing
processes and job placement. For
more information go to the website http://chemplants.com.
Merv Treigle
provided an update of CAPT activities.
He spoke about curriculum development and the effort current
with the Instrumentation textbook. He pointed out that SME’s from institutions and
industry from the many partners of CAPT have provided input and
review of the textbook materials.
Under professional
development, Merv reported on the success of the Bismarck State
College Faculty Power Generation Institute that was held July 19th
thru 23rd. There
were 16 participants from across the United States who attended the
institute. Merv
reported that 16 faculty were participating in the Faculty Return to
Industry Internship Program. He
reported that a HAZWOPER workshop would be held at Brazosport
College August 2nd thru August 6th for faculty
to certify to teach a 40-hour HAZWOPER certification program.
This is a pilot program being conducted with materials
donated to the GCPTA by Bayport Training & Technical Center.
The workshop is being funded by NSF grant funds through a
subaward to Brazosport College from CAPT. Merv informed everyone of
the Training and Development Pre-conference to be held on September
29th and the Critical Issues and Best Practices
conference to be held September 30 and October 1. He told everyone that the announcement mail out
would be mailed the following week.
Merv spoke on
Career Awareness and Promotion and stressed the following programs
that CAPT had developed.
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STeP Program for High School Females
§
Virtual World for 5th thru 8th
Grade—Math and Science Modules
§
PTEC™ Hispanic Brochure
§
Plans to operate an electronic clearinghouse to
disseminate information regarding CAPT products and services,
activities, survey findings, regional alliances, and links to other
process technology educational resources.
Merv spoke on CAPT
efforts fostering partnerships between industry, education, and
government.
§
CAPT Mentoring Program
§
Conduct Surveys of CAPT partners to collect and
disseminate data about students, graduates, employers, curriculum,
instructional resources, and institutions offering process
technology programs.
Merv spoke about present
and future efforts in the following areas:
§
Completing the Skills Standards
Survey
online until August 13, 2004
Next
meeting September 10th
§
Developing a Program Graduate Exit Assessment
§
Promoting career awareness to keep the pipeline
full
§
Improving the image of industry
§
Expansion to other process industry sectors
Merv spoke about the new
PTEC™ logo and how to obtain instructions and permission for its
use on the CAPT Website. He
pointed out that CAPT had trademarked the logo to help standardize
and insure consistency of its use and recognition throughout the
country.
For
further information…
Merv Treigle
CAPT at
College of the Mainland
1200 Amburn
Road
Texas City,
Texas 77591
(409)
938-1211, x107
mtreigle@com.edu
By-Laws
Voting – Steve Erickson
Steve
Erickson informed everyone that the revisions to the GCPTA By-Laws
had been approved by the Steering Committee.
Financial
Report
2004 Expenses
to-date $35,048.97
2004 Total
Income to-date $38,584.99
Bank Balance
as of 6/30/04 $46,377.37
College
Advisory Reports
1.
Mississippi
Gulf Coast Community College – Tommie Broome reported the
following:
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9 students enrolled
§
7 expected graduates in 2005
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Comments:
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One student offered a summer internship, but turned
it down because of travel required (female, married student with
children)
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Instructor (Tommie Broome) participated in Faculty
Return in Industry Program. 40+
hour internship on BP VK-989 Platform Pompano in the Gulf of Mexico
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Instructor (Tommie Broome) attended Power
Generation Summer Institute in Bismarck, North Dakota
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Student Organization Activities:
Students
urged to participate in Skills USA
§
New Equipment:
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Distillation Training Unit by Bayport Training
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Acrylic Heat Exchanger models, Pump cutaways
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Simtronics Software
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
March, 2004
Scheduled to meet September, 2004
Hot
Topics:
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Adaptation of CAPT material into Mississippi State
Board of Education curriculum
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Recruiting for program
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Chevron jobs for graduates, summer internships at
Pascagoula Refinery for MGCCC students
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Upcoming Events:
Fall
2004 registration scheduled for early August.
We expect to register new student.
2.
Montana
State University-Billings College of Technology – Bob Robertus
reported the following:
ConocoPhillips
has awarded two full-ride scholarships (books, tuition, fees) for
minority students for up to five semesters provided they stay
enrolled in the Process Plant Technology Program and maintain a 2.75
(out of 4.00) or above overall GPA.
That amounts to about $2,200 per student per semester.
3.
San
Jacinto College, Central (Summer Session) – Mike Speegle reported
the following:
§
90 students enrolled
§
2 expected graduates
§
1 student in Interns/Coops
Comments:
Tracie
Watson at Lyondell-Bayport is working on offering scholarships to
San Jacinto students.
A
high school summer female institute was offered June 9 and 10th.
Six high school girls applied, 5 showed up.
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New Equipment:
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Upgrade of the pilot plant to a Delta-V control
system was completed May 21st.
Also installed 20 smart transmitters.
A new vendor is offering to install a small Fieldbus system
for free. David Borque
is working with him on that.
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Oil and Gas Production I was offered this summer.
Oil and Gas Production II will be offered in the fall using a
Simtronic’s simulation system. British Petroleum is donating a working oil and gas
separator to the department this fall.
We hope to get it up and running to use in the fall
curriculum.
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
April 8, 2004
Scheduled to meet September 2, 2004
Hot
Topics:
Internships,
externships, equipment donations, curriculum audit
4.
Sowela
Technical Community College – Linton Lecompte reported
the following:
§
90 students enrolled
§
22 expected graduates
§
1 student in Interns/Coops
Comments:
We
have one Industry sponsored Intern (we have 3 at BP—however, one
is still in school, the other two are graduates).
We have a class of Interns on campus (about 12).
I might add, our on campus Intern Program has been a very
successful program for us.
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Student Organization Activities:
PTEC
students participate in The Student Government Association here on
campus.
§
High School PTech Programs:
We
have a two-day workshop scheduled for the week of July 12, 2004.
We will be reflecting on our successes and failures in this
area and how we may improve.
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New Equipment:
No
new equipment, however we have six Glass Labs and assortment of
Cutaways, Compressor, pump, and about eight different kind of
valves. We also have a
number of valves donated to us by ConocoPhillips and Georgia Gulf.
We are expecting more models like a cutaway of an exchanger
(acrylic) and steam turbine, also a Glass (see through) Top
Distillation Unit.
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met May 26, 2004
Scheduled to meet July 28, 2004
Hot Topics:
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HAZWOPER:
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We are trying to develop a program where our
students graduate with a 24 hrs. HAZWOPER Certification.
We
are scheduled for Train the Trainer on HAZWOPER August 2 through 6,
2004 at Brazosport Community College in Lake Jackson, TX.
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New Best Practice:
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It’s not new, but we keep Safety in the
forefront.
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We track our students from start to graduation to
employment (drop outs also). With
this tracking program, we’re always able to contact our students. This works well when it comes to job placement.
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Upcoming Events:
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LAPTEC audit has been scheduled for the fall 2004.
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We’ve scheduled a two-day PTEC (Instructors)
Train the Trainer for mid August 2004 here at Sowela Campus.
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News to share:
Employment has really picked up in the Lake Charles, LA area.
5.
Louisiana
Technical College, Ascension Campus – Cleveland Marchand
reported the following:
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26 students enrolled (spring)
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2 expected graduates
§
2 student in Interns/Coops
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6 students on scholarship
§
Comments:
Scholarships
from industry. 2
completed internships.
§
Student Organization Activities:
Blood
Drive
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High School PTech Programs:
2
students participating
1
high school participating
Comments:
Will
start a PTEC 101 course at our new high school in the fall. Will be backed by industry.
Have signed contract for 3 additional “glass labs”.
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New Equipment:
Received
Honeywell 3000 system from local plant, will be used in the Ind.
Inst. program and with PTEC.
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
June 17, 2004
Hot
Topics:
The
direction our program is in now and the direction it needs to be in.
§
Upcoming Events:
Summer
Professional Development for instructors.
Additional Information:
We
offered one P-Tech course this summer.
Some students took Gen Ed courses this summer.
Working with one high school this fall to start a course
there. Still have good
industry support. Met
with engineering firm yesterday on our additional “glass labs”.
Doing some IWTP grants with 5 companies.
6.
Texas
State Technical College, Marshall, TX – Bobby Smith
reported the following:
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A Summer Institute for Females was held at the TSTC
campus on June 8 thru June 10.
A total of 11 high school females from 3 different schools
attended the institute. The
Institute consisted of 2 plant tours, presentations from female
operators, equipment demonstrations, ropes teamwork course and
various other activities.
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Two process technician co-ops are currently working
this summer for Eastman Chemical Company in Longview, TX.
7.
Lee
College — Charles E. Thomas Ph.D. reported the following:
§
453 students enrolled
§
40 expected graduates (AAS)
§
0 students in Interns/Coops
§
3 students on scholarships
§
Student Organization Activities:
PTSA
– Process Technology Student Association – Job Placement
§
High School PTech Programs:
Comments:
5 High School Programs were closed because of State
Funding Cuts by new President
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New Equipment:
We
are using:
(1)
Richardson
Unit – 26 foot, packed distillation column – PTAC 2438 PT-3
Operations
*New
VR Unit – donated by PETRECO Frank Richardson & Daniel Johnson
(2)
DCS
computer lab – DEXTER software – PTAC 2420 PT-2 Systems &
PTAC 2346 Process Troubleshooting
(3)
Glassware
Lab – Eight Work Stations PT-2 & 3
(4)
Instrumentation
Pilot Unit – PTAC 2410 PT-1 Equipment & Intro
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Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
October 2003
Scheduled
to Meet Summer 2004
Hot
Topics:
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State Program Review
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SACS Audit
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Curriculum Review
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GCPTA Quality Standards
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Upcoming Events:
Election
of New PTSA officers in Fall 2004
8.
McNeese
State University – James Dautenhahn reported the following:
Summer
2004 Enrollment (note a full academic term)
§
13 students enrolled
§
4 expected graduates
§
4 students in Interns/Coops
Comments:
PTEC
Camp – Just for Girls scheduled for August 2-6 (junior &
senior high school)
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High School PTech Programs:
Have
not offered high school classes.
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New Equipment:
Equipment
needed to conduct 24-hour HAZWOPER training in SHE course
§
Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
May 26, 2004
Scheduled to meet July 28, 2004
Hot
Topics:
HAZWOPER
training in SHE course
§
New Best Practice:
Dorothy
Ortego used industrial contacts to get recertified as a HAZWOPER
trainer
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Upcoming Events:
B.S.
program has ABET accreditation visit scheduled for November 7-9,
2004
9.
Alvin
Community College – Mark Demark reported the following
for the Summer 2004:
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4 expected graduates
§
2 students on scholarships
§
2 students in Interns/Coops
Comments:
Two
students on summer internships with BP Oil & Gas Production:
June LaChapelle: on-shore, Texas panhandle
Chrystal Bodenhamer:
off-shore, Texas Gulf of Mexico
Summer
Enrollment was high and we are teaching a full night schedule.
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New Equipment:
Advisory
Committee members are looking for equipment to donate to the college
from their companies.
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Advisory Committee Meetings
Met
June 30, 2004
Scheduled
to meet September 8, 2004
Hot
Topics:
Review
GCPTA audit. Audit
results along with 6-30-2004 Advisory Committee meeting minutes will
be available on the advisory committee web page after 8-1-2004.
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Upcoming Events:
Several
Process Technology faculty will be taking professional development
courses this summer.
10.
Baton
Rouge Community College – Kathy Trahan reported the following:
Summer
2004:
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33 full-time students enrolled
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10 student Interns
Comments:
·
Internship Program:
2
Shell, 1 Georgia Gulf, 3 Dow Chemical, 2 Chevron-Phillips, 1 BP, and
1 Helena Chemicals internships.
·
Internship testing for Chevron-Phillips sessions
resulted in a 92% pass rate for BRCC students on Phase I testing and
an 87.5% pass rate on Phase 2 testing which involved distillation
simulation exercises.
·
Lab Implementation Status into Curriculum
Internal Internships will begin summer 2005
Chemistry lab area is to be set up prior to fall
2004
·
Audit Action Plan Gap Closures
Audit
date will be set in September 2004—Raymond Fisher will be the
audit facilitator for BRCC and will work with industry and LCTCS
volunteers on audit assignments.
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PTEC Instructor/Staff Development:
·
Director attended Skills USA National Championships
on June 23-24, 2004 to assess opportunities for PTEC competition.
·
Richard Cox participated in the CAPT Knowledge and
Skills Validation at Brazosport College on July 8th and 9th.
·
Carrie Braud facilitated BRCC Summer Camp – PTEC
…Just for Girls July 12-16th.
·
Richard Cox and Kathy Trahan to attend CAPT
sponsored Summer Institute on Power Generating in Bismarck, North
Dakota July 19th through the 23rd.
·
Jerry Layne and Ken Goins will be participating in
CAPT Return to Industry Internship August 2004
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Advisory Committee Meetings:
Hot
Topics:
Audit
planning, PET unit progress, ACS VIS database validation and
SkillsUSA technical committee
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New Best Practices/Successes to Share:
·
ExxonMobil just awarded BRCC $25,000 to fund PTEC
scholarships. Scholarship
breakfast September 2, 2004
·
BRCC was awarded $35,880 for a PLC Trainer with
Fieldbus module add-on capability.
This will be used to enhance the Instrumentation
concentration under the PTEC program.
These funds were part of the Governor’s Technology
Initiative.
·
Through the efforts of Dr. Myrtle Dorsey and
Executive Assistant to the Chancellor, Misty O’Connell, BRCC was
awarded Perkins funding. BRCC’s
PTEC program will be receiving curriculum software and training aids
to support the fluid mechanics course.
In addition, ATR’s Dexter unit will also be added to the
program.
·
Web lab area is still under construction.
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Upcoming Events:
·
Technical committee is forming for SkillsUSA PTEC
demonstration competition.
·
Special Topics courses are being developed for
college credit. These
can run for three semesters after which time they must become a
credit course or be eliminated from course offering.
11.
Lamar
Institute of Technology—Harry Wood reported the following:
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No Summer Classes
§
3 expected graduates for summer
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2 students in Interns/Coops
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34 students on Scholarships
Comments:
ExxonMobil
is spending more than $25,000 for Process Technology scholarships.
Three of these are full scholarships and nine are for $500.
After a summer working odd jobs in the Beaumont refinery, the
students will enroll at Lamar Institute of Technology.
LIT
had nine students enrolled in the CAPT’s SteP summer workshop for
females in the 11th and 12th grades.
We have prepared a PowerPoint presentation for the GCPTA
meeting in Lake Jackson. Activities
included plant tour, visits with company officials, orientation on
LIT’s distillation laboratory and DCS system.
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New Equipment:
Entergy
donated a distillation-training unit, which is being refurbished by
the faculty this summer for use in the lab this fall.
12.
College
of the Mainland – Mike Cobb reported the following:
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200 students enrolled
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20 expected graduates
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4 students in Interns/Coops
Comments:
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Conducted the “Summer Institute for High School
Women”. This 5-day
seminar was put on by local industry and COM women.
The students declared it to be quite a success!
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BP Internship Night held on July 20th.
35 students attended with 4 being selected for the Fall 2004
Internship.
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High School PTech Programs:
The
COM Collegiate High School program begins this fall. Enrollment is currently underway.
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New Equipment:
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The PTEC Instrument II Special project class is
installing conduit, wiring and equipment required to bring a number
of process variable indications from the Lattner Boiler, the GSU
chiller and the new Nash Liquid Seal Vacuum Pump to the Procidia DCS
system. Mike O’day is
providing mentoring.
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The BP Glass Distillation Training Column has been
sent to Bayport Training for a revamp and chiller installation.
Thanks to Woody Anderson of BP for helping to cover a
significant portion of the cost!
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Advisory Committee Meetings
Met
June 15th
Scheduled
to meet August 17th
Hot
Topics:
Tech
Math revamp, Vertical piping manifold, BP Still revamp,
SH&E/Hazmat revamp
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Upcoming Events:
PTEC
Night August 3rd
Collegiate
High School Grand Opening August 21st
13.
Del
Mar College – Denise Rector reported the following:
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60 students enrolled
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4 Associates graduates expected
4
Certificate graduates expected
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3 students in Interns/Coops (summer)
Comments:
We
had three interns with Valero Refining during the summer semester.
The students reported how much they learned and experienced
during their internship. Operators
in the plant gave the students very good or excellent evaluations
upon completion of the required hours.
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New Equipment:
We
are adding a new chiller and refurbishing the DTU-2 Distillation
trainer. Bayport
Training and Technical Center are performing the work.
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Advisory Committee Meetings:
Met
July 13, 2004
Scheduled
to meet October 19, 2004
Hot
Topics:
The
discussion focused on the requirements of the Committee on Standards
and Quality and worked on an audit tool for the program. The information should be complete during August,
with the advisory committee’s approval and submitted to the GCPTA
with other necessary paperwork.
Bob explained
that ACT, Inc., a non-profit organization, is best known for the ACT
college entrance exam. ACT,
Inc. provides educational career planning for students and teachers
at every level. Their Workforce
Productivity Solutions offer training, testing, consulting, and
learning management services to meet your needs—from hiring to
retiring. They are EEOC
compliant and union friendly. For more information contact ACT, Inc. at www.act.org.
ACT, Inc. donated the cost of this meeting’s
lunch to the GCPTA. Mike
Gragg thanked Bob and ACT, Inc. for this generous donation.
Steve Ames
reminded everyone that there was a form in their packet for them to
fill out if they wanted information on the GCPTA or if they wanted
to become members of the GCPTA.
The November meeting is in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The Critical Issues and Best Practices meeting is September
29, 30 and October 1.
Mike Gragg asked the attendees to evaluate the
meeting using a 1-10 rating, 10 being the highest.
They were to evaluate (1) Keynote Address, (2)
Characteristics of Successful Industry/Educational Partnerships-A
Case Study, (3) Conducting a Successful Female Summer Institute, and
(4) Successful Internship Programs-A Case Study.
For each one of these they were to evaluate (1) content, (2)
length, and (3) delivery. These
evaluations were turned in to Mike Gragg.
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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.
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Center for the Advancement of Process Technology
(CAPT) Website www.captech.org.
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Contact the GCPTA at gcpta@msn.com.
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Friday, November 12, 2004
***Other Events***
“Improving Business Results thru People Development”
Meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Arnold, Secretary
Gulf Coast Process Technology Alliance
LA/at