Skilled to Work: Online Industrial Maintenance

How this workforce program is transitioning to online classes

Online because of the coronavirus.... wtva's chelsea brown continues our skilled to work series with how one program is preparing students for the workforce.

Keep them motivated ."

They do 30 minutes of hands on, work on the computer for a couple more hours, and then do 45 more minutes of hands on."

John garner is the industrial maintenance instructor at northeast ms cc.

Industrial maintenance covers basic knowledge needed to work maintenance in places like toyota or caterpillar garner teaches a class of 10 students.

Typically the course has some computer work but the hands on work helps clear up any confusion sot- john garner- instructor "if the water is muddied from the computer work it clears it up when they do it hands on, they get to see how it works."

Now the students' classrooms are their living rooms. sot- john garner- instructor "what they will do is get the head knowledge or the information from online and once this all passes we will meet back up and do the hands on."

Industrial maintenance is an open enrollment program that someone can start at any time.

It typically takes students six months to finish the program.

Standup so i asked garner how the transition is from classroom to computer is going.

Sot- john garner- instructor "it's pretty seamless, the only difference is that all of the hands on will have to come towards the end."

This is a new experience not only for the garner but also for his students.

Sot- john garner- instructor "message them daily, through email, text or calling, i'm just trying to keep in touch with them keep them motivated that was wtva's chelsea brown reporting... if you'd like information on how you can enroll in this program... visit our website...wtva- dot-com our