1. Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC): Certified Production Technician
Presenter: Leo Reddy, CEO

2. About the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC)
An industry-led standards-based, training, assessment and certification system focused on the core technical skills and knowledge needed by the nation’s front-line production and supply chain logistics workers.
The nationwide MSSC system, based upon industry-defined and federally-endorsed national standards, offers both new and incumbent manufacturing workers (entry-level through first-line supervision) the opportunity to credential the skills increasingly needed in the technology-intensive jobs of 21st century advanced manufacturing: the “Industrial Athlete of the Future.”

3. MSSC: What is the Certified Production Technician (CPT)
Modules:
Safety;
Quality Practices & Measurement;
Manufacturing Processes & Production; and
Maintenance Awareness
Green Production (Available Oct. 2011)

4. How it Works MSSC: Certified Production Technician (CPT)
Skill standards
MSSC National Standards developed involving 700 companies, 4000 workers, 350 experts at cost of $5 million federal/$4 million industry in-kind.
Endorsed by federal National Skill Standards Board in 2001 and used as research basis for USDOL Advanced Mfg. Competencies Model and US Dept. of ED Manufacturing Career Pathway
MSSC National Experts Panel reviews and updates standards annually.
Curriculum
The three types of courses offered by MSSC as follows:
Integrated Course: 140 hours, continuous, intensive study covering all four modules, with all 4 assessments preferably given at the end of the course. Recommended primarily for dislocated workers, summer semester students or others who have time for continuous study, such as continuous study throughout one semester or academic year.
Modular Courses: hours, 3-credit equivalent, one course for each of the four MSSC modules with an assessment given at the end of each course. Recommended primarily for students and others studying in the framework of academic semesters or school years.
“Fast Track” Courses: hours for each of the four MSSC modules with an assessment given at the end of each course. Recommended primarily for experienced incumbent workers with limited available time for study. Not available to HS students.

5. How it Works MSSC: Certified Production Technician (CPT)
Testing Centers/Process
Tests must be given at MSSC-authorized Test Center. Fee for test center authorization training: $500 per center, $250 per center for statewide initiatives adding 5+ centers. MSSC issues certificates for success in each Modular CPT test, but full CPT Certification only for success in all four Modules.
Cost:
Postsecondary Education: One-time registration fee: $60
Test Fee: MSSC Cost - $40 for each of four CPT Modules. Recommended markup for test center cost: $15 for center.
Secondary Education: One-time registration fee: $25
Test Fee: MSSC Cost: $19 for each of four CPT Modules  

6. Benefits: MSSC - Certified Production Technician (CPT)
MSSC benefits both employers and the manufacturing industry as a whole by:
Decreasing recruitment costs by providing job candidates with industry-recognized credentials
Eliminating time and costs associated with providing remedial education and training
Meeting employer and industry needs for workers with the right core skills and knowledge to keep pace with technological change (including math, science, reading, writing, communications, IT, analysis, problem-solving, teamwork, organization, planning, and basic technical skills) all in a manufacturing context.
Increasing productivity and innovation through reinforcement of core knowledge and skill sets
Enabling employers to use a diagnostic tool to benchmark their workers against high-performance national standards to identify skill gaps and increase their ROI for training by targeting skill enhancements that close the identified gaps
Enhancing the ability to attract, motivate, and retain qualified employees

7. NAM-Endorsed Skills Certification System
MSSC Program Elements
Certified Production Technician (CPT)

8. MSSC Certification System Tools
National Standards
Curriculum
Instructor Training
Proctor Training
Assessments
Credentials

9. Industry Standards
Developed and nationally validated with 4000 workers, 700 companies, 350 experts ( )
$5 million federal investment / $4 million private in-kind investment
Endorsed by National Skill Standards Board in 2001
Expanded in 2009 to include Logistics (CLT) and again in to include Green Production (CPT)
Reviewed and updated annually by MSSC National Experts Panels on manufacturing production and logistics
Based on actual work activities performed and skills and knowledge needed to perform the work

10. CPT Key Activities Safety Quality Practices & Measurement
Work in a safe an productive manufacturing workplace
Perform safety and environmental inspections
Perform emergency drills and participate in emergency teams
Identify unsafe conditions and take corrective action
Provide safety orientation for all employees
Train personnel to use equipment safely
Suggest process and procedures that support safety of work environment
Fulfill safety and health requirements for maintenance, installation and repair
Monitor safe equipment and operator performance
Utilize effective, safety-enhancing workplace practices
Quality Practices & Measurement
Participate in periodic internal quality audit activities
Check calibration of gages and other data collection equipment
Suggest continuous improvements
Inspect materials and product/process at all stages to ensure they meet specifications
Document the results of quality problems
Communicate quality problems
Take corrective actions to restore or maintain quality
Record process outcomes and trends
Identify fundamentals of blueprint reading
Use common measurement systems and precision measurement tools

11. CPT Key Activities cont’d
Process & Production
Identify customer needs
Determine resources available for the production process
Set up equipment for the production process
Set team production goals
Make job assignments
Coordinate work flow with team members and other work groups
Communicate production and material requirements and product specifications
Preform and monitor the process to make the product
Document product and process compliance with customer requirements
Prepare final product for shipping or distribution
Maintenance Awareness
Prepare preventative maintenance and routine repair
Monitor indicators to ensure correct operations
Perform all housekeeping to maintain production schedule
Recognize potential maintenance issues with basic production systems, including knowledge of when to inform maintenance personnel about problems with:
electrical systems;
pneumatic systems
hydraulic systems;
machine automation systems
lubrication systems
bearings and couplings
Green Production
Train workers in environmental issues
Implement and promote environmental programs, projects, policies or procedures
Conduct environmental incident and hazard investigations
Conduct preventive environmental inspections
Monitor environmental aspects at each stage of productions
Implement continuous improvement in environmental assurance
Use advanced materials in production to reduce waste
Reprocess materials by recycling and reuse

12. Curriculum
Blended learning with online and instructor-led classroom content
Fully-online with online instructor
E-learning provides interactive learning experience
Includes pre- and post-tests to allow students and instructors to gauge progress
Textbooks provide compliment to e-learning

13. Curriculum Options 2 course formats
Regular Courses: hours, 3-credit equivalent, for each module
Fast Track: fully-online, hours for each module (CPT only, does not include Green); designed for incumbent or dislocated workers with previous manufacturing experience

14. Instructor Training
Authorized Instructors or use of Instructors Package required
All Fast-track or fully-online courses require online instructor
Instructors able to track individual progress through learning management system
Instructor Training available at national training centers, or if you have 6 or more instructors, we will send our master trainer to you
CPT Instructor Training – Jeffersonville, IN

15. Note: “AE” designates ANSI/ISO Edition
Certification
Individuals who earn a full-CPTAE credential will receive:
A diploma-style credential
Wallet card
Sew-on patch for their uniform
Note: “AE” designates ANSI/ISO Edition

16. Certification Qualifying for CPT:
Individuals earn a certificate for each module passed
Must earn all four certificates (Safety, Quality, Process and Production, and Maintenance Awareness) to earn full-CPT
At this time, Green certificate is not required to obtain full-CPT certification

17. How It Works MSSC: CPT Cost (non-profit)
Per Site (Set-up Costs)
Post-secondary
Secondary
Assessment Center Authorization / Proctor Training
$500.00
No charge
3-day Instructor Training Class $
Instructor Package only $
Per Candidate(Ongoing Costs)
Registration Fee (one-time fee)
$60.00
$25.00
Each Regular Course (35-40 hr)
$130.00
$65.00
Each Fast-track Course (16-18 hr)
n/a
Each Assessment
$40.00
$19.00
Avg total per candidate (one registration, one regular course, one assessment)
$740.00
$361.00

18. Benefits to Industry
Offers a pipeline of highly-skilled knowledge workers
Decreases recruitment costs by providing job candidates with industry-recognized credentials
Eliminates remedial training costs
Serves to attract, motivate and retain qualified employees
Provides agile workers capable of keeping pace with technological change

19. Added Benefits to Industry: ISO 17024
MSSC only U.S. certification body accredited under ANSI-ISO for manufacturing and logistics
Can be deployed globally by multinationals to ensure common practice in all plants
Reduces costs through economies of scale
Standard for use with foreign governments in requiring certified job applicants
Can be used with all suppliers to ensure quality of their workforces and seamlessness of workforce training practices

20. Benefits to Workers
Document skills and knowledge in short period at low cost
Obtain industry-recognized, nationally portable credential
Improve career advancement opportunities and earnings
Enhances transferable skills applicable to all sectors of manufacturing or logistics

21. Benefits to Educators
Increases industry client base through MSSC network and nationally recognized certification- based training
Increases student enrollment through on-demand e- learning solutions
Provides instructor training to increase skills and opportunities
Multiple delivery formats allow flexible scheduling
Enables schools to offer certifications as well as degrees

22. Contact Information
Neil Reddy
Executive Director
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