ACTC to developed training program for Braidy Industries’ aluminium mill

Ashland Community and Technical College Kentucky will be developing two specialized course programs to train workers for the upcoming aluminum mill by Braidy Industries in South Shore, along the Ohio River. The news came after company and state officials recently announced initial details about the aluminium mill scheduled for completion in 2020. 

According to Braidy CEO Craig Bouchard, the programs to be developed by ACTC will offer associate degrees in material sciences and advanced manufacturing, and will “train its work force on an evergreen basis while developing a pipeline of human talent for its mill and future manufacturing businesses in Greenup County, as well as surrounding counties.”? 

ACTC?officials and Braidy representatives are expected to meet this summer to begin mapping out a plan, ACTC?President Kay Adkins said.

The courses will be designed in order to teach workers the specific skills Braidy needs for its plant, along with courses in the appropriate sciences and other basic disciplines, says, Dean of Academic Affairs Janie Kitchen.

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Kentucky Community and Technical College System, the parent organization for ACTC already has an advanced manufacturing program based on a model introduced by Toyota. The new program, according to Kitchen will borrow some of its elements and customize it for Braidy.

The EastPark campus of ACTC, which is meant for business-specific training probably will be the base for most courses, Adkins said.

The aluminium mill is expected to create more than 500 jobs and will produce aluminium sheets and plates for the automotive and aerospace industries and the U.S. Defence sector.