in Rockingham County, NC

Aviation

Original Grant Partners

New/Potential Grant Partners

OverviewOur proposal was the culmination of work that began months ago. This pathway is one of several we anticipate for Rockingham County Schools (RCS) students in partnership with Rockingham Community College (RCC). We began our project looking for ways to get students into high wage, high demand, and high skill jobs. Our initial discussion took place at RCS with members of business and industry, county government, RCC employees and RCS employees. The talks began with a discussion centered on how to close the skills gap and meet the employee need of business and industry.

Even though we made great strides in the first meetings, we never were able to establish a framework to address our challenges and what we felt was the solution to our problem. Two different meetings later, we seemed to discover the magic answer – a pathway in aviation machining.

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Rockingham County, NC

Tier 1 County

Median Household

Income$39,621

One Year Diploma Program

Industrial SpecificationsMachining Tech II

Blueprint Reading: MechanicsBasic CAD

Math English

Machining III

Advanced CNC Turning

CAM: CNC TurningIntro to Solid

ModelingEnglish

Adv. Machining Calculations

Advanced CNC Milling

CAM: CNC Milling Advanced Solid

ModelingWelding or Work-

BasedHumanities Elective

Social Science Elective

High School & Certificate Program

Freshman Sophomore Junior SeniorMath IEnglish IWorld HistoryEarth SciencePEDraftingTEDElective

Math IIEnglish IIAmerican History IPhysical ScienceDrafting IITED IIRoboticsElective 

Math IIIEnglish IIIAmerican History IIBiologyAdvanced StudiesDrafting IIIRobotics IIElective

English IVPhysicsBlue Print ReadingIndustrial SafetyMachining Technology 1AIntro to Metrology Advanced StudyCivicsMachining Technology 1BCNC TurningCNC Milling

Two Year Associates’ Program

Aviation Machinist Pathway

Entry and Exit Points Certificate:

Work as an operator Career Readiness Certificate including an assessment in WorkKeys.

Diploma: Manual Machinist with limited CNC tasks, at

least two National Association of Metalworking Skills (NIMS) certifications.

Associate:Leadership opportunities in local industries with the

ability to use CAD and CAM. Certification in SolidWorks.

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology:In partnership with East Carolina University. Can be completed online or on campus.

Work-Based Learning

• Company/Airport Visits• Job Shadow – Junior Achievement• Internship/Coop Opportunities

Soft Skills Training• Essential Workplace Traits• Communication Skills • Problem Solving• Dealing with Difficult People• Résumés• Interviewing

Coordination and Participation

• Education partners•Workforce partners• Employer partners

Success Measures• Number of New

Partnerships• Increased Enrollment• Number of New Pathways

Lessons Learned

• Run a pilot program first• Amount of time with students• Funding for textbooks