PCC OMIC Training Center

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PCC's Professional Development and Training has you covered, whether you're just getting started, climbing in your current role, or pivoting to something new.

The course lineup is genuinely impressive: leadership and project management, AI and business technology, grant writing, mediation, plus skilled-trades training in welding, mechatronics, and trades safety. There's even continuing education for K-12 educators, real estate, tattoo professionals, and more. With in-person, online, hybrid, and customized formats, there's a way to learn that fits your schedule.

Explore everything and find your next class here: https://www.pcc.edu/professional/professional-development/

Professional Development and Training | Education for professionals at PCC Elevate your skills. Expand your opportunities. Drive your career forward with us. Whether you're just starting your career, looking to advance in your current role, or considering a new path...

🛠️ Last week, the PCC OMIC Training Center Fab Lab (PCC STEAM Centers) hosted the Portland Area Career Technical Education Consortium at PCC Summer Summit, welcoming 17 high school CTE instructors from ten Portland metro area schools for two days of hands-on training in 3D design and manufacturing! 🎉

Teachers didn't just watch, they built. Participants started with cardboard prototypes of flat-pack, slot-together furniture, modeled their concepts into cut-ready CAD designs, then fabricated finished pieces from single sheets of plywood using the Fab Lab's CNC routers and laser cutters. 🪵

Big thanks to our industry partners who made it happen: Phil Eichmiller from Autodesk led educators through CAD for manufacturing in Autodesk Fusion, and Sallye Coyle from ShopBot Tools, Inc guided hands-on demos on the ShopBot Desktop CNC Routers plus Vectric software training. 💡

Every skill these teachers picked up heads straight back into their classrooms, reaching the next generation of makers and manufacturers. This is exactly what the PCC STEAM Centers are built for! Organized by PACTEC in collaboration with the PCC STEAM Centers. 💙

Learn more at pcc.edu/pactec and pcc.edu/maker