LIFT - Workforce Training

Course: IS30
Training Provider: Farmingdale State College
Curriculum: CNC (Master CAM Programming Essentials) Level Two
Location: Lupton Hall, Note new room # 165 (Effective 3-4-10)
Duration: 6 sessions/ 32 Hours
Time: 8am to 1:30pm / March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 9, 16 ( No class Good Friday, April 12)
Parking: Parking Permits Required (will be provided upon approval)
Description:
The Master CAM X and X+ course enables students to quickly master the advanced levels of CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing). This course requires a basic knowledge of CNC Programming and concentrates on more advanced (more complex shaped parts). This course will offer a highest level of professional flexibility in any modern manufacturing or experimental facility. Master CAM, amongst a number of similar industrial software programs, has become a standard in the manufacturing community and allows for very high levels of precision and accuracy in the manufacturing of complex-shaped industrial components. The course also includes a comprehensive approach to Solids Modeling and Surface Cutting.

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to expand their professional careers to the following areas: Manufacturing Engineering assistant, Experimental Engineering technician, Industrial Engineering, and Technical Laboratory Specialist.

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Course: IS31
Training Provider: Hofstra University
Curriculum: Project Management Level 1 (Part 1 of 3)
Location: CV Starr Hall, Room 305
Duration: 21 Hours
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm / March 5, 12, 19
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
This is a three-part course. With a curriculum based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge Guide, this course covers the processes and phases of the project/program lifecycle with anecdotal discussion and examples added to help you understand the applicability of project management tools and techniques. Topics include:

- Project Management Framework
- Project Integration Management
- Project Scope Management
- Project Time Management
- Project Cost Management

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Course: IS32
Training Provider: Hofstra University
Curriculum: Project Management Level 2 (Part 2 of 3)
Location: CV Starr Hall, Room 305
Duration: 28 hours
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm / March 26, April 9, 16, 23
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
This is the second part of Project Management. There is a prerequisite, which is IS31 Project Management Level 1. The Level II class continues where the first class leaves off. Topics include:

- Project Quality Management
- Project Human Resource Management
- Project Communications Management
- Project Risk Management
- Project Procurement Management
- Project Contract Management
- Using Microsoft Excel for Project Management
- Using Microsoft Project for Project Management

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Course: IS33
Training Provider: Hofstra University
Curriculum: Project Management, Capstone (Part 3 of 3)
Location: CV Starr Hall, Room 305
Duration: 28 hours
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm / April 30, May 7, 14, 21
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
This is the third part of Project Management. There is a prerequisite, which are IS31 Project Management Level 1 and IS32 Project Management Level II. Put into action the skills you have learned in the previous two courses. As part of a team, you'll develop and complete a plan for a five-week project. As you go along, your team will provide updates to "management." At the end of the course, your team will formally present the project deliverables you've produced.

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Course: IS34
Training Provider: Dowling
Curriculum: Dynamic Supplier Alignment Phase I
Location: Racanelli Center, Room 320
Duration: 10 Hours
Time: 11:30am to 3pm / Mar. 26, Apr. 9, 16
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
The DSA SM Certification Program is a holistic foundation program designed to develop, cultivate, and make available the requisite skillsets required to meet the immediate demands of the global system targeting energy efficient and renewable energy industries. DSA SM is a business model born in the 21st Century in response to 21st Century global needs and is based on a "reality focused" approach using "real world" on- location and hands-on learning techniques to certify candidates.

The DSA SM Certification Program is partitioned into Four (4) Phases:

PHASE I - (10 Hours)

Phase I Modules will provide DSA SM candidates with practical knowledge, skills, and abilities required to interact and be an effective supplier manager within our global system.

Phase I Modules:
- Green based Supply Chain Management using DSA SM - As a Specialized Field
- Bridging Customer Global Green Demands into "Real Requirements"
- Pricing, Conditions, Green Compliance, and the Internal/External Customer - The Negotiation Game Board
- Greening the Manufacturing infrastructure - Is the Supply Chain capable of meeting demands?
- Supplier Management and Control to Ensure a Green Supply Chain

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Course: IS35
Training Provider: Dowling
Curriculum: Dynamic Supplier Alignment Phase II
Location: Center for Excellence (Precision Assemblies Technology, Bohemia)
Duration: 12 Hours
Time: 11:30am - 2:30pm / Apr. 23, 30, May 7,14
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
On-location at a DSA SM Center of Excellence operational facility observing, learning and working in an actual corporation making the transformation to Green Technologies.

Phase II is a totally innovative learning approach developed by DSA SM with a learning approach analogous to a university hospital teaching and learning approach where candidates can observe the Green transformation as it occurs.

This module is conducted at Precision Assembly Technologies (PAT) and Telegence Corporation, located in Bohemia Long Island New York, a DSA SM Center of Excellence. This functional facility has been adapted to provide candidates with a direct view to hands-on applications demonstrating the transformation that is occurring on Long Island from conventional industries to emerging energy efficient renewable energy Green industries.

As a working training center, the DSA SM Center of Excellence will be utilized to retrain our current displaced workforce in Green skills and is set up to take full advantage of both Federal Registered Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship programs to improve the chances of full time employment in the emerging Green industries today and is committed to close collaboration with National organizations such as National Academy Foundation http://naf.org/ to solidify grass root support at the High School level for the DSA SM Program.

The DSA SM Center of Excellence Model is designed to continue operation well beyond the Grant period of performance with operational funds derived from direct support of industry groups and revenue generation through market growth and innovations brought about though technology innovations.

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Course: IS36
Training Provider: NYIT
Curriculum: Sustainable and Computer Aided Manufacturing
Location: Old Westbury Campus, Rooms TBA
Duration: 24 Hours
Time: 3:30pm-6:30pm / Feb. 26, Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16, 2010
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
The basics of automation and computer aided manufacturing as they relate to sustainable manufacturing. Topics will include sustainable materials, flow-line production, robotics, auto-cad and waste minimization. Six, four-hour sessions including laboratory.

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Course: IS37
Training Provider: NYIT
Curriculum: Women's Pathway Project
Location: Old Westbury Campus, Rooms Wisser Library - Lower Level, Room L16
Duration: 24 Hours
Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm / April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7, 2010
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
A unique program that will encourage women with technical, scientific or financial backgrounds and with careers that have been impacted or sidetracked to move forward into green industries and green careers. Six, four-hour sessions including site visits.

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Course: IS38
Training Provider: NYIT
Curriculum: Professional Engineering Review Course / FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING
Location: Old Westbury Campus, Rooms TBA
Duration: 66 Hours
Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm / April 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30, May 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
Note: The PE Exam Review course that was scheduled on February 25th has been postponed. The new date is TBD on the first day of class.

FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING (Required for PE License)

This course is designed to enable the student to prepare for a Professional Engineer's License (PE), which is required for professional employment in organizations involved with public safety, environment, government and consulting engineering. It is also an asset for promotion and career changes within utility, aerospace and manufacturing organizations and community colleges. Engineers who have spent many years in an industrial climate will find a career change easier and more rewarding if the have a P.E. license.

Schedule: Twenty-two - 3 Hour Sessions
Topic - Electrical/Electronics : Number of Sessions - 2
Topic - Mathematics : Number of Sessions - 4
Topic - Chemistry/Biology : Number of Sessions - 2
Topic - Mechanics of Materials & Materials Sciences : Number of Sessions - 2
Topic - Economics/Ethics : Number of Sessions- 2
Topic - Statics/Dynamics : Number of Sessions - 4
Topic - Thermodynamics : Number of Sessions - 3
Topic - Fluid Mechanics : Number of Sessions - 3

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Course: IS40
Training Provider: NYU:POLY
Curriculum: Mastering Advanced Project Management (PMI Prep)
Location: 105 Maxess Rd, Melville, NY 11747, North Entrance, Second Floor
Duration: 16 Hours
Time: 9am - 5pm / March 12 and 19
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
The course will develop skills on advanced project management techniques, including the PMI method of project management. This course together with the 16-hour course in Mastering project management will also the student to prepare and present themselves for PMP certification, if they wish. The course will develop skills in the oversight of multiple, related projects that are aligned with organizational objectives and strategic goals. The course teaches students to manage program resources to ensure the ultimate success of the program and how to modify programs and make decisions that advance strategic and business objectives to ensure the ultimate success and acceptance of the portfolio of projects being managed. Students will learn to define and initiate projects, assign project managers to manage cost, schedule, and performance of component projects and oversee multiple projects directed at achieving a company's strategic goal.

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Course: IS41
Training Provider: Stony Brook
Curriculum: Project Management Foundations (Contains 3 courses, See note below)
Location: TBA
Duration: 48 Hours
Time: 8:30 - 4:30 / March 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 18, 19
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
Project Management Certification is rapidly becoming a leading requirement for managers in all industry sectors. The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is a recognized and effective management tool utilized globally by project managers. Stony Brook University has established a partnership with the Long Island Chapter of the Project Management Institute and Total Systems Education to offer numerous courses leading to Project Management Certification. All instructors are certified by PMI and have been taught nationally and internationally.

Note: The Project Management Foundations Certificate includes:

Project Planning and Control 3 days March 1,2,3 / 8:30 - 4:30
Project Management Exam Prep 2 days March 18, 19 / 8:30-4:30
Microsoft Project 2 days March 11,12 / 8:30 - 4:30

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Course: IS42
Training Provider: Stony Brook
Curriculum: Integrated Production Management
Location: TBA
Duration: 24 Hours
Time: 8:30-4:30 / Feb. 23, Mar. 2, 16
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
This class describes how to develop an integrated manufacturing company. It includes the management concepts of corporate strategy, forecasting, planning and control, material control, production scheduling, inventory control, purchasing, and quality. The management methods of Enterprise Requirements Planning, Lean Manufacturing, and ISO 9001 / AS9100 are covered as well as their use and benefits.

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Course: IS43
Training Provider: Nassau Community College
Curriculum: QuickBooks I
Location: Building F Room 311
Duration: 6 hours
Time: 9am-4pm / March 5
Parking: Parking Permits Required (Will be provided upon approval) Please use the Stewart Avenue entrance and bear left at the light located at the entrance of the College to navigate the campus better.
Description:
This workshop provides an overview of the uses of Intuit's software "QuickBooks". It starts with an introduction to the forms, lists, registers, menus etc., and goes on to setting up a company, working with files and accounts. Editing information in company lists, registers, accounts. Deleting moving and working with balances. Prepare customer invoices, receive payments, make bank deposits. Assign amounts to specific expense or bank accounts, enter bills into QuickBooks' Accounts Payable. Pay bills with automated features. Make cash sales, enter statement charges and create billing statements. Use the 'easy step interview' to set up a QuickBooks company.

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Course: IS44
Training Provider: Nassau Community College
Curriculum: QuickBooks II
Location: Building F Room 311
Duration: 6 hours
Time: 9am-4pm / March 12
Parking: Parking Permits Required (Will be provided upon approval) Please use the Stewart Avenue entrance and bear left at the light located at the entrance of the College to navigate the campus better.
Description:
This workshop covers A/P, entering and paying bills, writing checks and reconciling. Tracking credit card transactions and charges. Working with QuickBooks asset and liability accounts. . Create and run QuickReports, memorize and print. Track and pay sales tax, set up tax rates, apply tax, determine what is owed, maintain sales tax register. Payroll features include managing and running, adding items, adding new employees, writing payroll checks, printing paycheck stubs, tracking tax liability, paying payroll taxes, calculating amounts owed, and printing Forms 940/941. Students calculate various pay dates, tax liability. Hands-on applications include using credits and transactions including recording sales, cash receipts, postings and deposits. Set up inventory, order products, create purchase orders, manage inventory and perform manual adjustments. Assign reimbursable expenses to customers. Use registers for balance sheet accounts.

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Course: IS45
Training Provider: Nassau Community College
Curriculum: QuickBooks Special Features
Location: Building F Room 311
Duration: 6 hours
Time: 9am - 4pm / March 19
Parking: Parking Permits Required (Will be provided upon approval) Please use the Stewart Avenue entrance and bear left at the light located at the entrance of the College to navigate the campus better.
Description:
Students design customized forms, modify templates and print. Depreciation, loan payments and equity accounts. Create and customize QuickReports, customize, run, memorize and print. Integrate custom forms and letters with MS Word. Use graph feature for tracking. Manage inventory. Work with Inventory. Estimating, time tracking, advanced job costing, job profitability.

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Course: IS46
Training Provider: Nassau Community College
Curriculum: QuickBooks I
Location: Building F Room 311
Duration: 6 hours
Time: 9am - 4pm / April 9
Parking: Parking Permits Required (Will be provided upon approval) Please use the Stewart Avenue entrance and bear left at the light located at the entrance of the College to navigate the campus better.
Description:
This workshop provides an overview of the uses of Intuits software "QuickBooks". It starts with an introduction to the forms, lists, registers, menus etc., and goes on to setting up a company, working with files and accounts. Editing information in company lists, registers, accounts. Deleting moving and working with balances. Prepare customer invoices, receive payments, make bank deposits. Assign amounts to specific expense or bank accounts, enter bills into QuickBooks' Accounts Payable. Pay bills with automated features. Make cash sales, enter statement charges and create billing statements. Use the 'easy step interview' to set up a QuickBooks company.

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Course: IS47
Training Provider: Nassau Community College
Curriculum: QuickBooks II
Location: Building F Room 311
Duration: 6 hours
Time: 9am-4pm / April 16
Parking: Parking Permits Required (Will be provided upon approval) Please use the Stewart Avenue entrance and bear left at the light located at the entrance of the College to navigate the campus better.
Description:
This workshop covers A/P, entering and paying bills, writing checks and reconciling. Tracking credit card transactions and charges. Working with QuickBooks asset and liability accounts. . Create and run QuickReports, memorize and print. Track and pay sales tax, set up tax rates, apply tax, determine what is owed, maintain sales tax register. Payroll features include managing and running, adding items, adding new employees, writing payroll checks, printing paycheck stubs, tracking tax liability, paying payroll taxes, calculating amounts owed, and printing Forms 940/941. Students calculate various pay dates, tax liability. Hands-on applications include using credits and transactions including recording sales, cash receipts, postings and deposits. Set up inventory, order products, create purchase orders, manage inventory and perform manual adjustments. Assign reimbursable expenses to customers. Use registers for balance sheet accounts.

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Course: IS48
Training Provider: Nassau Community College
Curriculum: QuickBooks Special Features
Location: Building F Room 311
Duration: 6 hours
Time: 9am-4pm / April 23
Parking: Parking Permits Required (Will be provided upon approval) Please use the Stewart Avenue entrance and bear left at the light located at the entrance of the College to navigate the campus better.
Description:
Students design customized forms, modify templates and print. Depreciation, loan payments and equity accounts. Create and customize QuickReports, customize, run, memorize and print. Integrate custom forms and letters with MS Word. Use graph feature for tracking. Manage inventory. Work with Inventory. Estimating, time tracking, advanced job costing, job profitability.

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Course: IS49
Training Provider: Suffolk Community College
Curriculum: Manufacturing Basics Level I (Part 1 of 3)
Location: TBA
Duration: 20 hours
Time: 10am to 12:30pm / Febuary 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
This is a three-part course. We would provide a 20 hr. seminar on the introduction to Manufacturing Basics to include:

- Blue-print reading, manufacturing terminology
- Manufacturing processes
- Glossary of hardware related terms
- Basic manufacturing mathematics
- Fractions and Decimal equivalents
- Basic introduction to measurement
- Basic manufacturing floor layout
- Value of quality
- Linear instrument characteristics

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Course: IS50
Training Provider: Suffolk Community College
Curriculum: Manufacturing Basics Level II (Part 2 of 3)
Location: TBA
Duration: 20 hours
Time: 10am to 12:30pm / March 2, 4, 9, 11, 16,18, 23, 25
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
This is the second part of Manufacturing Basics. There is a prerequisite, which is IS49 Manufacturing Basics Level 1. We would provide a 20 seminar designed as an intermediate level of Manufacturing Basics a step up from the introductory level. This would cover:

- Comparing and contrasting dimensions from a blue-print to an actual part
- Gauging errors and where in the process they may of occurred
- Choosing the correct term to define the error
- Calculating the percent of loss in terms of production and dollars
- Determine what needs to be done, whether design or process, to correct the error
- Review of assembly procedures
- What can be done within the manufacturing layout to prevent errors
- Basic review of assembly drawings
- Basic parts assembly exercise
- Basic review of assembly
- Recommendations for productions.
- Final design review.

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Course: IS51
Training Provider: Suffolk Community College
Curriculum: Manufacturing Basics Level III (Part 3 of 3)
Location: TBA
Duration: 20 hours
Time: 10am to 12:30pm / April 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29
Parking: SCCC Grant Campus, Sally Ann Slacke Center, Bldg. A (Workforce Development)
Description:
This is the third part of Manufacturing Basics. There is a prerequisite, which are IS49 Manufacturing Basics Level 1 and IS50 Manufacturing Basics Level II. We would provide advanced subjects in the following area:
- History of CNC Machining
- Basic Understanding of Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Mistake Proofing
- Glossary of Terms
- Manufacturing Layout in a Lean Environment
- Cellular Approach/Cellular Responsibilities
- Cellular Job Preparation
- Understanding Basic Elements of Supply Chain Management in a Lean Environment
- Cost Savings Plan for Effective Supply Chain
- Cost Comparisons for In-House verses Sub-Contracting
- Identifying Lean to Green Opportunities
- Awareness in a Lean to Green Company

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Course: TS34
Training Provider: NYU:POLY
Curriculum: Mastering the Art of Innovation
Location: 105 Maxess Rd, Melville, NY 11747, North Entrance, Second Floor
Duration: 16 Hours
Time: 9am - 5pm / February 19 and 26 - NOTE: Due to scheduled inclement weather, the February 26 will be rescheduled for Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
Parking: Directions will be provided.
Description:
How can an organization make innovation part of its DNA, so it can fully realize its creative potential? This two-day workshop helps participants understand why developing an innovative culture in a company is a multi-dimensional process and how to successfully implement it.

Participants will: (1) Explore 12 key elements required to make innovation an integral part of any organization; (2) Audit their own organization and identify what supports and what inhibits innovation; (3) Develop a plan to enhance their own organization's innovation capacity; (4) Learn and practice fundamentals of this proven creative method; (5) Learn and practice fundamentals of innovative teamwork.

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Course: TS35
Training Provider: Nassau Community College
Curriculum: Problem Solving
Location: Building F Room 311
Duration: 6 hours
Time: 9am-4pm / March 23
Parking: Parking Permits Required (Will be provided upon approval) Please use the Stewart Avenue entrance and bear left at the light located at the entrance of the College to navigate the campus better.
Description:
This course will enable participants to look at situations in a different way. Participants will learn to develop a plan of action and use several techniques for improving their ability to creatively approach problems.

Topics include: The Problem Solving Process, Finding and defining the problem, Generating and evaluating alternative solutions, Choosing a preferred solution, Implementing the preferred solution, Evaluating results, The Role of Creativity in the Problem Solving Process.

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Course: TS36
Training Provider: Nassau Community College
Curriculum: Business Writing
Location: Building F Room 311
Duration: 6 hours
Time: 9am-4pm / March 15
Parking: Parking Permits Required (Will be provided upon approval)Please use the Stewart Avenue entrance and bear left at the light located at the entrance of the College to navigate the campus better.
Description:
Writing skills are one of the most important skills wanted by employers. The ability to express oneself concisely, correctly and accurately is vital to most positions. This workshop enhances workplace writing skills, how to document accurately, proofreading, review of rules, finding and correcting errors. Composition assignments and examples are included.

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Course: TS37
Training Provider: Nassau Community College
Curriculum: Effective Communication
Location: Building F Room 311
Duration: 6 hours
Time: 9am-4pm / April 20
Parking: Parking Permits Required (Will be provided upon approval) Please use the Stewart Avenue entrance and bear left at the light located at the entrance of the College to navigate the campus better.
Description:
Effective communication is essential for seeing ideas, influencing others, giving feedback, and for working effectively and efficiently as a member of a team. This course aims to strengthen participants’ ability to interact with people at all levels; and to increase productivity, morale, and commitment to organizational goals. Topics include: Importance of Effective Communication, Defining Aggressive, Assertive, and Passive Styles of Communication, Techniques and Strategies, How to effectively express your ideas, Criticizing/praising and receiving criticism/praise, Active Listening, The Importance of Feedback.

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