TECHNICAL SKILLS STRATEGIES

• Connecting to workplace habits

  • Deadlines matter

  • Professionalism

    • Food, phones, respect

  • Quality of Work

  • Self-Advocacy

  • Speaking

    • small group

    • whole class

  • Development of technical writing skills and reading

    • books/articles

    • documentation

• Developing strong communication skills both written and verbal

• Understanding the need for use of checklists and quality control

• Using AI as a tool in the process

• Cleaning and proactive safety in the workshop

• Setting goals to prevent failure

• Reflecting on learning

• Persisting through a setback

• Creativity, risk taking and productive failure

• Reading directions/instructions/documentation (technical reading)

• Incorporate practical projects focused on specific technical skill building

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS STRATEGIES

• Ability to work in teams in various roles

• Being to class on time (Bonus: on time)

• Peer to Peer interaction - develop empathy, respect for others, patience

• Mock interviews

• Resume building - calling out skills learned in program

• Email communication etiquette

• Development of understanding High Tech Employment Strategies

• Brining in industry as career speakers

• Company tours

• Welding 

  • PCC program tour

  • Summer Instructor Institute

  • Attend NAAE/ACTE together

  • Create a shared master list of vendors/resources

• Industry partners will come to classrooms to support WBL opportunities and advise students on engineering design process

• Build relationship with companies by being HR for hiring

• Attend Oregon Engineers Week in February with high school teachers, PCC faculty and industry

• Plan on participating in Manufacturing Day, October 2026

PACTEC REGION SECONDARY

• Beaverton Academy of Science & Engineering

• Century

• Creekside

• Forest Grove

  • Manufacturing

  • Mechatronics

• Gaston

• Glencoe

  • Engineering

  • Manufacturing

• Hillsboro High

• Liberty

• Mountainside

• Scappoose

• Sherwood

• Southridge

• St. Helens

• Sunset

• Tigard

• Tualatin

• Vernonia

  • Engineering

  • Manufacturing

• Westview

PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS SECONDARY

• Alliance

• Benson

  • Engineering

  • Manufacturing

• Franklin

• Grant

• Ida B. Wells

• McDaniel

• Roosevelt

PCC POST-SECONDARY

• Civil and Construction Engineering Technology

• Computer Aided Design and Drafting

• Electronic Engineering Technology

• Machine Manufacturing Technology

• Microelectronics Technology

• Welding

Advanced Manufacturing

FAST Frontiers of Advanced Semiconductor Technology - https://fast-engine.org/ 

Nomad Futurist - nomadfuturist.org 

Oregon Manufacturing Innovation Center (OMIC) Columbia County Center - pcc.edu/locations/columbia-county/ 

Micro-Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC) - https://micronanoeducation.org/ 

Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) - https://atmae.org/ 

TechConnect World Innovation - www.techconnectworld.com 

Advanced Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative - https://amtecworkforce.org/ 

Epson Portland Inc.

https://epson.com/hillsboro 

Kyocera International Incorporated

https://global.kyocera.com/ 

TSMC Washington

tsmc.com/english 

AKS Engineering & Forestry

https://www.aks-eng.com/ 

Asphalt Pavement Association of Oregon

https://www.apao.org/ 

OSU College of Engineering

engineering.oregonstate.edu