workforce development: Partners invest in future workforce

摘要

When business, manufacturing, and education come together for one important goal, the outcome can be a powerful force. A partnership between Coosa Valley Technical College in Rome, Ga., Georgia Power, and Southern Co. is one such force. The three have partnered to make sure employees and students get the most out of training, using their respective skills and knowledge to further the quest of automation education. The collaboration between instructors from the college and trainers from Georgia Power provide training of electrical, mechanical maintenance, and apprentice and advance programs and instrumentation and controls training to Southern Company employees. The goal is to develop a workforce ready to operate complex control systems throughout the Southern Company's electric generating plants.