The Center for Applied Technologies at Enterprise State Community College held its grand opening, marking a significant investment in Alabama’s workforce development. The center will offer training in mechatronics, welding, and automotive technology, with a focus on dual enrollment opportunities for high school students and strong placement rates for graduates.
ENTERPRISE, Ala. - State legislators, the chancellor of the Alabama Community College System, and Enterprise State leaders gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the Center for Applied Technologies.
The cutting of the ribbon in front of Enterprise State Community College’s new Center for Applied Technologies represents a new era of workforce development training.
“If we are serious about growing Alabama, we have got to be serious about growing and investing in our workforce,” said Rep. Rhett Marques.
“We’ve got to do a better job of pointing young people toward the opportunities and giving them a clear path to get there. And that’s what this center is all about. ” The center is a workforce training hub, produced from an agreement with the community college and the city of Enterprise to train the next generation of Alabama’s workforce.
The building houses mechatronics and the new welding and automotive programs, with space for more workforce training opportunities for other industries. Dual enrollment is a big part of this center’s purpose, offering industry-recognized credentials to high school students. ESCC’s Applied Technologies Division Chair Aubri Hanson said they hope to build student outcomes seen in mechatronics.
“We just started welding and automotive, but mechatronics has had a hundred percent placement of students either going to work in industry or continuing their education,” Hanson said. “We have transfer agreements with some four-year universities, so we really do have a path for everyone. ”“As my automotive instructor likes to tell everyone, nobody would get to work without them,” Hanson said.
“So that’s kind of the first step. The welding program, they’re building and constructing. We couldn’t build a lot of our infrastructure without welders. So mechatronics combines mechanical skills with electronic skills in manufacturing.
So we do robotics and automation, everything that makes the world move and produce products. ” The Center for Applied Technologies is another example of the statewide push to inform students of their options beyond pursuing a four-year college degree after high school.
“But it’s a good thing if people can know before they walk out of an education facility to know something about the world of work and the detail of the world of work,” said Jimmy H. Baker, chancellor of the Alabama Community College System. “And it may be more sophisticated than the education they experienced earlier. We are going to make a difference. ” Download the WTVY News4 app to get alerts and stories the moment they are published.
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