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Siemens Gas Turbine
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Recently, Programs and Training Manager, Jerry Cerny, attended the National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers (NCATC) Summer Workshop, "Preparing Today's Workforce for Tomorrow's Technology: It's Not Your Father's Manufacturing" at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Concurrent sessions included topics such as engineering technology for the future, green technology, smart design to reduce building energy costs, and the choice over whether an electric vehicle or a hybrid electric vehicle should be in your driveway. A highlight for Jerry was seeing technology in use at Siemens Energy's new, state-of-the-art, gas turbine facility which showcased advanced welding techniques, machining, broaching, stacking, and robotic technology.
You hear us constantly talking about the need for training. We recommend it for you and we take that advice to heart.
Beryl Morimoto
Program Manager
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| "How to prepare for the coming IT skills revolution"
"Call it the tech industry's version of a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: Businesses have job openings, but IT professionals are struggling to land jobs or move to better ones." Thisarticle from ComputerWorld written by Tracy Mayor and Julia King is a bit long though well worth reading. The subtitles are provoking:
- The Current Gap
- The Looming IT Job Exodus
- Specialist or Generalist?
- Plan for Lifelong Learning
- An IT career: Would you recommend it?
Hopefully it sparks a reaction in you to agree, disagree, or do what they suggest -- to properly manage your career.
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Fiber Optics Training, It's a BLAST
When the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA) needed training, they called on PCATT. With a grant to install a fiber backbone, training was needed for their Broadband Linking the American Samoa Territory (BLAST) Project. The Project is intended to "replace ASTCA's old deteriorating legacy copper infrastructure, with a more robust and weather durable fiber optic network that will link the main islands of American Samoa, making it possible to produce true broadband services to every household, business, and critical institution in American Samoa." Hands-on training was conducted in American Samoa for 30 employees with favorable comments from the folks at ASTCA. If you've been to fiber training at PCATT, you know that Stan Kubota and Ed Marg do an excellent job.
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FPGA Design Flow Workshop
What's FPGA, you ask? Field Programmable Gate Arrays. PCATT hosted a hands-on FPGA Design Flow workshop for teachers to incorporate these concepts into their curriculum. University of Hawai'i community college instructors in the fields of automotive technology, mechatronics, computer science, and networking technology learned a new way of teaching, demonstrating, and testing digital logic circuits. These basic concepts were taught using Digilent Nexys 2 boards with Xilinx software. Lead instructor Craig Kief was assisted by Bassam Matar. Craig is the Deputy Director at COSMIAC, the Configurable Space Microsystems Innovations Applications Center. Funding for the training was provided by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
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TechConKona
For our business associates on the island of Hawai'i, PCATT campus Hawai'i Community College is one of the sponsors of TechConKona, scheduled for August 2, 2012. "At TechConKona, attendees will master how to use technology to boost the bottom line with immediate results. TechConKona is an eye-opening and exciting networking, educational and synergistic event for current and future business owners." Speakers include Dustin Luther, head of the social media team at Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Corp, and David Fisher, proponent of "locavesting". Registration and more info here.
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Good News for (ISC)2 ® Credential Testing
(ISC)2 ® certification exams are now available through Pearson Vue Professional Centers. In Hawai'i, the Professional Center is located at 1441 Kapi'olani Boulevard, Suite 204. You no longer have to wait until the exam comes to town.You also have the benefit of knowing whether you've passed or not immediately after completing your CBT exam. Here's the Pearson VUE site for more information. It contains a link to obtain Candidate Information Bulletins for (ISC)2 ® credential exams and a link to scheduling your exam. |
Cool Off 
Come indoors and take a PCATT course. It's cool and comfortable, and with tech you know you constantly need to keep up with changes in versions and new technologies. You'll find PCATT courses starting in July here.
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A National Award
PCATT is proud of our graphics intern, Jillian Roque. Jillian was one of 6 finalists out of 30 entries in the student Pele Division, the award sponsored by the Hawai'i chapter of the American Advertising Federation. She was thrilled and thought that was it. Shortly thereafter, Jillian received a prestigious ADDY, one of 66 students out of 5,597 entries and the only student from Hawai'i to win this national award. Wow, that reflects talent (and hard work)! Read more about Jillian and the project that earned her this national award from the American Advertising Federation.
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And Finally...
You know we end our eZine with something off-beat, and here it is. You're a tech person or interested in tech, so you probably do a lot of reading to keep up with what's happening. Here's a quiz about technology in the news. The quiz comes from journalism.org, the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. There are only 10 questions, so have fun with it. Take the quiz here.
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