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Certified Production Technician (CPT) Courses
MSSC delivers its CPT curriculum through three types of courses to meet various individual and training needs. These courses are designed (a) to help individuals enhance their core knowledge and skills for production work from entry-level to mid-technical level and (b) to be successful in passing the MSSC Assessments needed for CPT certification.
These courses are built upon MSSC’s baseline “Integrated Course,” which is the most comprehensive and efficient course for covering all the materials in Glencoe McGraw-Hill/MSSC textbooks and manuals, MSSC’s computer-based simulation training, the topic areas addressed in the MSSC Assessments, and other knowledge and skills needed for production workers to be successful in an advanced, high-performance manufacturing environment.
Some courses are delivered in a “blended” environment, with about half of the material provided in an instructor-led setting, and the remainder provided through on-line computer-based simulation training provided by MSSC. MSSC also offers fully online versions of these courses in an abbreviated “Fast Track” mode designed especially for experienced incumbent workers. Typically, trainees require ninth-grade math skills, 10th grade English skills, and basic computer skills to be successful in passing MSSC courses.
The MSSC issues a password and user name to each registered student. To qualify for the high school (HS) rate, high school students will need to provide a state student high school ID number. 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: 35-40 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: 15-18 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.
NOTE: Education and training institutions require adequate broadband to deliver MSSC’s computer-based simulation training courses. IT departments at those institutions should check with MSSC prior to ordering courses. If they have insufficient band-width, MSSC will need to charge a set-up fee, up to $1,000, for an initial “hybrid” IT installation, with a $400 annual maintenance fee thereafter.
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