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OCTC's TechX Hosting Student Info Session

Thursday, May 3 @ 5:30 p.m., in ATC 107

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (04/24/2018) — Do you, or someone you know, need a career boost or want to go in a totally new career direction? Then TechX may be the answer! Owensboro Community & Technical College's TechX initiative is a new multi-craft technologist program that will offer hands-on training in a real-world, industrial environment.

Learn more about this innovative new program by attending a free information session on Thursday, May 3 at 5:30 p.m. in OCTC's Advanced Technology Center located at 4800 New Hartford Road.

TechX will offer hands-on construction, fabrication, fitting, welding, and manufacturing training in a real-world, industrial environment. Classes utilize project-based coursework that allows students to move ahead once a particular skill is mastered. Students will also work, both independently and in teams, on problem-based scenarios directly related to manufacturing processes. This practical approach helps students develop those technical and analytical thinking skills, necessary in most entry-level positions, that contribute to work flow and production output. Students will earn a Gas Welder Certificate, Arc Cutter Certificate, Production Line Welder Certificate, and Forklift Operators Certificate upon completion of the coursework.

Two tracks will be offered to provide flexibility for a variety of non-traditional, time-challenged adults. The daytime option will allow students to attend classes eight hours per day, three days per week for a seven-month period. The evening option will allow students to attend classes four hours per evening, four nights per week, for a nine-month period.

OCTC is currently taking applications for the first two cohorts of 16 students in each daytime and evening session, for a total of 32 available seats in the initial start-up.

For more information about OCTC's TechX, please contact project director, David Ashley via e-mail at david.ashley@kctcs.edu.

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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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