College of the Canyons
Economic Development Division
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Press Releases
FastTrack Manufacturing Boot Camp – A creative partnership between El Proyecto del Barrio (EPDB), the Centers for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT), and California manufacturers, is helping prepare at-risk youth for manufacturing careers through a FastTrack Manufacturing Bootcamp. Read full press release
Success Stories
ETI Astounding Impact: Local Business Results – Employee Training Institute success stories show how the training we provided in CPI methods have made significant impact on companies such as: Kirkhill TA Mfg, Pacific Metal Stamping, Bayless Engineering, Answer Products, Gruber Systems, Loud Engineering, General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc., to name a few. Read more
Awards
2007-08 Exemplary Innovation Award – The College of the Canyons Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT) was recently named winner of the 2007-08 Exemplary Innovation Award by the California Community Colleges' Economic and Workforce Development (EWD) program.
The EWD Exemplary Innovation Award recognizes excellent project development relating to entrepreneurship and innovation within the California Community College (CCC) system. Winners must demonstrate the development of a highly innovative and unique project, which is responsive to a specific and critical need within the business community and can be replicated at other sites across the state.
The FastTrack Manufacturing Boot Camp – a collaboration among the CACT @ College of the Canyons, the CACT @ Cerritos College, El Proyecto del Barrio, Aerospace Dynamics International Inc. and other industry partners – works to prepare at-risk youth, ages 18 to 21, for high-paying, upwardly laddered careers in manufacturing.
