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Leadership 101

Free

with Charles Walker

Calendar Feb 4, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 5 weeks

Powered by Franklin Covey’s LeaderU platform, ASUN's Leadership 101 provides the tools required to increase one's personal effectiveness and leadership capacity.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People serves as the foundational component of the course. Renowned as the world’s premier personal leadership development and training program, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People aligns timeless principles of personal effectiveness with the relevancy of today’s practices as well as modern technology.

This course is eligible for college credit and is one of the 7 programs required to complete the Manufactruing Essentials program. 

Please contact workforce@asun.edu for more information. 

In-person classes begin February 4, 2025.

OSHA 10 for General Industry

Free

with Charles Walker

Calendar Feb 6, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 4 weeks

This course provides in-depth training for employees and employers on the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in the workplace. The course is for all management levels - first responders, safety professionals, manufacturing / production, and healthcare. Course covers how to identify safety and health hazards in the workplace, how to file an OSHA complaint, electrical Safety, general ergonomics, personal and protective equipment, workplace emergencies, blood-borne pathogens, machine Guarding, and more.

Computer Basics

Free

with Charles Walker

Calendar Feb 18, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 2 weeks

Technology is connected with nearly every aspect of our lives. Many tasks like applying for jobs or viewing our paychecks have become digitized. And in the new world of work, basic digital literacy can help job seekers unlock new opportunities and help employees become more engaged

If you are interested in learning more about computers but aren't sure how to get started, then this course is for you. You will learn about the different hardware parts that make up a computer. Explore the fundamentals of working with operating systems and applications, as well as how to keep your computer secure. You will also be introduced to poductivity programs like word processors and spreadsheet tools.  

No previous computing experience required. 

Programmable Logic Controls II

$1,600

with Ken Walsh

Calendar Feb 24, 2025 at 8 am, runs for 1 week

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 over 15 years as a field support engineer where he saw applications everywhere imaginable.  

  • 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.

Microsoft Excel - Level 2

$175

with Donna Taylor

Calendar Mar 3, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 3 weeks

This course covers naming a range, specialprinting titles of rows & columns, paste between work-sheets, pasting values and links, viewing and workingwith multiple work-sheets, 3D formulas,  protecting a workbook \ worksheet, & cells, checking for duplicates, Excel as a database, autofilters, slicers,and creating a graph with two axis.

Excel Level 2 is a continuation of Level 1, participants should have those skills before taking Excel Level 2. Course objectives are how to work with multiple files and worksheets, naming a range and benefits, sorting and filtering data using Excel as a database, tables and their benefits, data validation, sub-totals, Pivot Tables, conditional formatting, graphs with two axis and sparklines.

OSHA 10 for General Industry

Free

with Charles Walker

Calendar Mar 3, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 4 weeks

This course provides in-depth training for employees and employers on the recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards in the workplace. The course is for all management levels - first responders, safety professionals, manufacturing / production, and healthcare. Course covers how to identify safety and health hazards in the workplace, how to file an OSHA complaint, electrical Safety, general ergonomics, personal and protective equipment, workplace emergencies, blood-borne pathogens, machine Guarding, and more.

Print Reading Basics

Free

with Ken Beach

Calendar Mar 4, 2025 at 5 pm

Leadership 101

Free

with Charles Walker

Calendar Mar 6, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 5 weeks

Powered by Franklin Covey’s LeaderU platform, ASUN's Leadership 101 provides the tools required to increase one's personal effectiveness and leadership capacity.

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People serves as the foundational component of the course. Renowned as the world’s premier personal leadership development and training program, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People aligns timeless principles of personal effectiveness with the relevancy of today’s practices as well as modern technology.

This course is eligible for college credit and is one of the 7 programs required to complete the Manufactruing Essentials program. 

Please contact workforce@asun.edu for more information. 

In-person classes begin February 4, 2025.





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