This program is approved for the Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship.

Basic Eligibility Criteria

An applicant must:

Be an Arkansas resident

Be a high school graduate or received high school equivalency

Not be a current recipient of the Arkansas Academic Challenge ScholarshipBe accepted for admission in a program of study at an approved institution of higher education that leads to an associate degree or a certificate program in the fields of Industry, Health Care, or Information Technology.

Award Amounts

The Workforce Challenge Award will be the cost of a certificate program or program of study not to exceed $800.

Apply for the Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship

Learn basic programming, maintenance and trouble-shooting PLC based industrial controls using PLC trainers with Allen Bradley/ Rockwell Automation Control-Logix hardware and Allen Bradley/Rockwell Automation RSLogix 5000 and RSLinx software. This will allow you to benefit from vendor training on specific equipment. The central processing unit is an L36 ERM. The basic operating principles of all PLCs, their inputs and outputs (discrete and analog), programming, maintenance, and networking will be covered. Hands on approach to Factory Talk View is also included.

Ken Walsh

Ken Walsh started his career as an Electrical Engineer developing automated sawmill equipment. Ken worked for Rockwell Automation for Nearly 20 years as a field support engineer.

• Experience in Automation Systems, software, System Design, Pneumatics, Electric Motor Drives, Panel Design, logic controllers, HMI project management, startup, troubleshooting and repair with disciplines applied across a multitude of industries.
• Broad knowledge of general automation, networks, motion control, drive systems and process control that spans across multiple control vendors.
• Experience with networks and communications includes: Controlnet, Devicenet, Ethernet, Modbus.

The Arkansas Steelmaking Bootcamp is a job skills initiative designed to prepare people for the urgent labor demand in the steel manufacturing industry in Mississippi County. 

The Bootcamp is comprised of 80 hours of workforce education and training that provides participants with entry-level knowledge for entering a career in steelmaking. 

The 80-hour Bootcamp will be offered over a two-week period (Monday-Friday) with open entry, meaning that participants will not have to wait until the next cycle begins to start training.  Participants can enter at any point.

Click here to see the first bootcamp schedule:

Register Now

CREDENTIALS

• OSHA 10 - General Industry
• American Heart Association First Aid CPR
• Certificate of Completion 80 Hours

BOOTCAMP TRAINING TOPICS

• Team Building - 4 hours
• First Aid/CPR - 6 hours
• Radio Protocol - 2 hours
• Steelmaking Processes - 4 hours
• Preventative Maintenance - 4 hours
• Math for Manufacturing - 4 hours
• OSHA 10 - 10 hours
• Quality Basics for Operators - 4 hours
• Mechanical Measurements - 2 hours
• Proper Use of Tools - 3 hoursAnti-Harassment - 7 hour
• Technical Math - 4 hours
• Personal Financial Planning - 2 hours
• Steel Mill Economics - 4 hours
• Forklift Safety - 4 hours
• Crane Safety - 4 hours
• Hydraulics/Pneumatics - 8 hours
• Basic Electrical Applications - 6 hours
• Fundamentals of Blueprint Reading - 4 hours

Total Hours - 80 hours

More Information:

For more information regarding the Arkansas Steelmaking Bootcamp, please contact us!

workforce@asun.edu  |  870-680-8743

This program is approved for the Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship.

Basic Eligibility Criteria

An applicant must:

• Be an Arkansas resident
• Be a high school graduate or received high school equivalency
• Not be a current recipient of the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship
• Be accepted for admission in a program of study at an approved institution of higher education that leads to an associate degree or a certificate program in the fields of Industry, Health Care, or Information Technology.

Award Amounts

The Workforce Challenge Award will be the cost of a certificate program or 

This course will increase your knowledge of the Control-Logix 5000 controller capabilitieprogram of study not to exceed $800. 

Apply for the Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship

Course Description:

In this course, you will gain a deeper understanding of project development tasks and applications, learn how to create and organize a RSLogix 5000 project, creating new programs, routines, periodic event tasks and applications. You will also learn to configure Addon instructions, User Defined Data Tables, Producer Consumer Messaging and PID.

Ken Walsh started his career as an Electrical Engineer developing automated sawmill equipment. He worked for Rockwell Automation for just under 20 years as a field support engineer where he saw applications everywhere imaginable. Ken is also a proud Vietnam era veteran.

• Experience in Automation Systems, software, System Design, Pneumatics, Electric Motor Drives, Panel Design, logic controllers, HMI project management, startup, troubleshooting and repair with disciplines applied across a multitude of industries.
• Broad knowledge of general automation, networks, motion control, drive systems and process control that spans across multiple control vendors.
• Experience with networks and communications includes: Controlnet, Devicenet, Ethernet, Modbus.

The Arkansas Steelmaking Bootcamp is a job skills initiative designed to prepare people for the urgent labor demand in the steel manufacturing industry in Mississippi County. 

The Bootcamp is comprised of 80 hours of workforce education and training that provides participants with entry-level knowledge for entering a career in steelmaking. 

The 80-hour Bootcamp will be offered over a two-week period (Monday-Friday) with open entry, meaning that participants will not have to wait until the next cycle begins to start training.  Participants can enter at any point.

Click here to see the first bootcamp schedule:

Register Now

CREDENTIALS

• OSHA 10 - General Industry
• American Heart Association First Aid CPR
• Certificate of Completion 80 Hours

BOOTCAMP TRAINING TOPICS

• Team Building - 4 hours
• First Aid/CPR - 6 hours
• Radio Protocol - 2 hours
• Steelmaking Processes - 4 hours
• Preventative Maintenance - 4 hours
• Math for Manufacturing - 4 hours
• OSHA 10 - 10 hours
• Quality Basics for Operators - 4 hours
• Mechanical Measurements - 2 hours
• Proper Use of Tools - 3 hoursAnti-Harassment - 7 hour
• Technical Math - 4 hours
• Personal Financial Planning - 2 hours
• Steel Mill Economics - 4 hours
• Forklift Safety - 4 hours
• Crane Safety - 4 hours
• Hydraulics/Pneumatics - 8 hours
• Basic Electrical Applications - 6 hours
• Fundamentals of Blueprint Reading - 4 hours

Total Hours - 80 hours

More Information:

For more information regarding the Arkansas Steelmaking Bootcamp, please contact us!

workforce@asun.edu  |  870-680-8743

This program is approved for the Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship.

Basic Eligibility Criteria

An applicant must:

• Be an Arkansas resident
• Be a high school graduate or received high school equivalency
• Not be a current recipient of the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship
• Be accepted for admission in a program of study at an approved institution of higher education that leads to an associate degree or a certificate program in the fields of Industry, Health Care, or Information Technology.

Award Amounts

The Workforce Challenge Award will be the cost of a certificate program or program of study not to exceed $800. 

Apply for the Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship

Students will learn Allen Bradley VFD Powerflex HMI, including lockout procedures for safety. This class includes the following units of instruction; introduction to various types of AC motors, AC motor basics of voltage, speed, power factor, torque, and motor starting methods, VFD Basics, VFD Working Principle and Operation, VFD Control, VFD Installation (hard wiring VFD-cable termination), VFD Start-up, Soft Starter working principle, Drive software start, and Troubleshooting VFD Drives.Also includes introduction to Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus operator interface configuration and complementary ControlLogix programming, using FTView, Studio5000 and RSLinx. Variable frequency drive basics taught are the same for all VFDs regardless of brand. Includes the Laboratory Manual, Final Exam, and Certificate of Completion.

About the Instructor

Ken Walsh started his career as an Electrical Engineer developing automated sawmill equipment. He worked for Rockwell Automation for just under 20 years as a field support engineer where he saw applications everywhere imaginable. Ken is also a proud Vietnam era veteran.

• Experience in Automation Systems, software, System Design, Pneumatics, Electric Motor Drives, Panel Design, logic controllers, HMI project management, startup, troubleshooting and repair with disciplines applied across a multitude of industries.
• Broad knowledge of general automation, networks, motion control, drive systems and process control that spans across multiple control vendors.
• Experience with networks and communications includes: Controlnet, Devicenet, Ethernet, Modbus.

The Cybersecurity Resiliency in Industrial Control Systems course is designed to enhance understanding ofthe critical nature of Industrial Control System environments and the associated risks, threats, and defenseswithin an organization, business, or government entity. This course will introduce the convergence ofphysical security with cybersecurity, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), and Industrial ControlSystems security, increase awareness of the Internet of Things and Industrial Control Systems, and examinethe threat landscape within Industrial Control Systems. Cyber threat mitigation techniques will be examinedas well as methods of identifying cyber attacks and vulnerabilities. Tools to respond to and recover fromcyber attacks on Industrial Control Systems will be addressed.

Topics

• Internet of Things and Industrial ControlSystems Review

• Threat Landscape

• Mitigating Threats

• Detecting Vulnerabilities and Attacks

• Responding to and Recovering from Attacks

Prerequisites: None

Recommended: AWR402 Introduction to Internet of Things

FEMA / SID NumberStudents must register and bring a copy of theirSID number to class.

Register online:https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=EC&C=PER398&S=13

This program is approved for the Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship.

Basic Eligibility Criteria

An applicant must:

• Be an Arkansas resident
• Be a high school graduate or received high school equivalency
• Not be a current recipient of the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship
• Be accepted for admission in a program of study at an approved institution of higher education that leads to an associate degree or a certificate program in the fields of Industry, Health Care, or Information Technology.

Award Amounts

The Workforce Challenge Award will be the cost of a certificate program or program of study not to exceed $800. 

Apply for the Arkansas Workforce Challenge Scholarship

Students will learn Allen Bradley VFD Powerflex HMI, including lockout procedures for safety. This class includes the following units of instruction; introduction to various types of AC motors, AC motor basics of voltage, speed, power factor, torque, and motor starting methods, VFD Basics, VFD Working Principle and Operation, VFD Control, VFD Installation (hard wiring VFD-cable termination), VFD Start-up, Soft Starter working principle, Drive software start, and Troubleshooting VFD Drives.Also includes introduction to Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus operator interface configuration and complementary ControlLogix programming, using FTView, Studio5000 and RSLinx. Variable frequency drive basics taught are the same for all VFDs regardless of brand. Includes the Laboratory Manual, Final Exam, and Certificate of Completion.

About the Instructor

Ken Walsh started his career as an Electrical Engineer developing automated sawmill equipment. He worked for Rockwell Automation for just under 20 years as a field support engineer where he saw applications everywhere imaginable. Ken is also a proud Vietnam era veteran.

• Experience in Automation Systems, software, System Design, Pneumatics, Electric Motor Drives, Panel Design, logic controllers, HMI project management, startup, troubleshooting and repair with disciplines applied across a multitude of industries.
• Broad knowledge of general automation, networks, motion control, drive systems and process control that spans across multiple control vendors.
• Experience with networks and communications includes: Controlnet, Devicenet, Ethernet, Modbus.

This course is designed to provide guidance for the implementation of an effective cybersecurity incident recovery program from a pre-incident and post-incident perspective. The training focuses on connecting IT with emergency management and is intended for government, critical infrastructure, and private sector personnel who have the responsibility for recovering after a cyber incident. Short term tactical and long-term strategic activities are discussed culminating in the development of an action plan.

Topics

•Cyber terminology
•Cyber incident life cycle
•Threat levels
•Emergency management
•Recovery continuum
•Government’s role in cybersecurity
•Cyber and the incident command system
•Federal resources for cyber
•Key programmatic elements that improverecovery
•Plan, organize, equip, train, exerciseconsiderations
•Short-term recovery actions
•Long-term recovery actions
•Cyber incident recovery action plan

Prerequisites

FEMA / SID NumberStudents must register and bring a copy of theirSID number to class. Register online:cdp.dhs.gov/femasid

Recommendations

AWR 136 (Instructor led) – Essentials of Community CybersecurityAWR 175-W (Online) – Information Security for Everyone

Register at https://my.teex.org/TeexPortal/Default.aspx?MO=mCourseCatalog&D=NE&C=MGT465&S=31