As part of the South Orange County Community College District (SOCCCD) the Advanced Technology and Education Park (ATEP) has decades of experience in workforce training and education. Customized workforce training and consulting is offered through the CACT which was established on the Irvine Valley College Campus in 1997 and moved to ATEP in the spring of 2007. The ATEP Center for Applied & Competitive Technologies (CACT) is a college-based team of advanced technology experts dedicated to solving operational, personnel, and technical problems. The highly specialized technical consultants and instructors of the ATEP/CACT work through the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development (CCCEWD) initiative. They are dedicated to serving California's advanced technology companies with innovative solutions that are unique and customized. The ATEP/CACT offers technology education, manufacturing training, organizational development and consulting services that contribute to continuous workforce development, technology deployment and business development. The ATEP/CACT center can custom design training programs to addresses your specific organizational needs. To take advantage of this unique and valuable opportunity call (949) 282-2718 or e-mail atepcact@atep.us.
ATEP technology training courses include
HAAS Technical Education Center (H-TEC)
- CNC machining
- Digital manufacturing
- Tooling and manufacturing methods
- Subtractive prototype
- E-learning modules
SMC Automation Lab
- Electronics
- Electro-pneumatics
- Air logic systems design and troubleshooting
- PLC control systems
- PLC programming and troubleshooting
- Air/fluid control systems
LabVIEW Academy
- Electro-optical systems and LabVIEW
- LabVIEW Basic, Intermediate and Advanced applications
CAD/Design software
- SolidWorks, product design, engineering theory, practical applications, and rapid prototyping.
- AutoCAD, architectural design, engineering theory and rapid prototyping.
- Illustrator, courses taught in product design, product development/improvement, and engineering theory.
- Master CAM, product design, engineering theory, practical applications, machine technology and rapid prototyping.
- Catia, product design, product development/improvement and engineering theory. Facilitated through an Irvine CACT partnership with El Camino College.
Technical Applications and Technician Training
- Optics, the refraction of light, lens design, lens quality, and related products and applications.
- Photonics, technical applications of light. Includes the generation, emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, detection and sensing of light.
- Fiber Optics, system components, types and properties of fibers, manufacturing methods, quality measurements, and networking concepts.
- Lasers, industrial applications, characteristics of all types and quality measurements.
- Electronics, diagnostics, repair, circuit design, system design, theory, and applications. Much of this is taught in the LabVIEW Academy.
- PC repair and systems design, installing and upgrading components, diagnostics, and system configuration. Prepares student for CompTIA certification.
- Automation, integration of electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical components into automation systems. Much of this is taught in the LabVIEW Academy.
- Quality Systems, Six Sigma, ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 theory and implementation. SPC data collection methods. Beginning to advanced levels.
- Inspection methods and techniques, beginning to advanced levels relating to manufactured parts, electronic devices, optics, photonics and lasers.
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GDT), ASME Y14.5 standards. Facilitated in Spanish as well as English.
- Lean Manufacturing, identifying and eliminating the common forms of waste. Kan Ban design and implementation. Measuring success by developing a performance matrix.