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Manufacturing Fundamentals

with Ed2Go Instructor, MSAD#1 Adult & Community Education

$115 More Info

Learn the basic skills required to work in the manufacturing field. Discover the role of production design, process planning, and the heart of 13 different manufacturing processes. Understand why facility location and plant layout decisions are so vital and learn how job design helps you accomplish company goals and achieve worker satisfaction. Find out what makes up the physical work environment and learn how to characterize different types of production materials. Master product development concepts such as the voice of the customer (VOC), quality function deployment (QFD), and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA). Learn how performance measurements and standardization improve manufacturing operations.

In this online course, you will learn how successful organizations use costs to communicate manufacturing progress and how to effectively develop short and long-term budgets. Also, you will discover how the application of technology turns an ordinary company into a high-performing organization. You will also find out how ISO 9000 and enterprise resource planning (ERP) make the most of a manufacturer's potential.

This is an instructor led and self-paced course. Available class dates are April 12, May 17, Jun 14 and July 12.

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CDL-A Spring 2025

with Maryann Cupero, Piscataquis Valley Adult Education Cooperative

Mar

14

March 14th, 2025

$7,500 More Info

Kickstart your career in the trucking industry with PVAEC’s comprehensive CDL-A training program. This course combines classroom instruction and hands-on driving experience, preparing you for the written and skills tests required for a Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). A Class A CDL allows you to operate various commercial vehicles, including big rigs and tractor-trailers, and is required for vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight of 26,001 pounds or more.The program includes instruction on vehicle inspections, air brakes, combination vehicles, and extensive behind-the-wheel practice. Students will spend significant time on the range and on the road, gaining the experience necessary to demonstrate safe driving skills. The course is designed to meet State of Maine standards and industry regulations for classroom and driving instruction.To earn your CDL, students must pass both written tests (general knowledge, air brakes, and combination) and road tests. The course also includes a pre-employment drug test and DOT physical (included with tuition).The program consists of 147 hours of training, with all materials provided. Students are expected to maintain professional conduct and attire at all times.Start Date: Spring 2025 (TBA)For more information or to enroll, please contact PVAEC Academic Coordinator, Eve Salley at 207-341-5370 or email esalley@pvaec.org.

Class schedule varies. Classes are held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, and all day Saturday in March and April. After that, class hours will vary until all road hours are completed. There are 78 classroom hours, 25.5 lab (range) hours and 44 road hours required.

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Legal Nurse Consultant Training Course

with Center for Legal Studies, Sanford Community Adult Education

Mar

10

March 10th to April 25th, 2025

$1,295 More Info

This is an online course. This class can be taken anytime, anywhere. You can work at your own pace.

This exciting program prepares medical professionals for a career in the legal field as legal nurse consultants. Building on your medical education and possible clinical experience, this course provides nurses with the fundamental skills necessary to advise law firms, health care providers, insurance companies, and governmental agencies regarding medically related issues and to appear in court as expert witnesses. The course teaches legal concepts related to the healthcare industry, as well as the role a legal nurse consultant might play in litigation areas such as medical malpractice, toxic torts, product liability, personal injury, wrongful death, criminal law, and workers’ compensation. Any nurse interested in entering the legal field can benefit from the education provided by this course. The course is also open to anyone interested in the field of forensic testimony and medical-legal issues, but participants without a nursing background might not be able to take the LNCC exam after graduation. Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC) is a discretionary test separate from this training course that experienced registered nurses graduating from this course may decide to sit for. LNCC test eligibility requirements are discussed during this training course; however, nurses graduating from this course need not take the LNCC to practice as legal nurse consultants.

This nurse continuing professional development activity was approved by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approved by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Successful graduates will receive a certificate for 42 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development from CLS by Barbri that they may be able to use to fulfill continuing education requirements.

Books Approximate Cost: $275

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact SCAE at AdultEd@sanford.org