MCC Economic & Workforce Development Center: Impact Report 2015-17

MCC Technician and Education Network (T-TEN) Program Toyota’s Technician & Education Network (T-TEN) program at MCC is world-class automotive training – hands-on and in the classroom. April 2016, after rigorous on-site evaluation, MCC’s T-TEN program was accredited at the highest level of the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF)– MAS (Master Automobile Service Technician). The Toyota T-TEN program provides students with the opportunity to earn Toyota Certified credentials and gain hands-on training while working at dealerships as paid interns, in addition to valuable classroom instruction. Graduates are in high-demand. According to www.mcclmi.com , there are approximately 247 local job openings in automotive technologies annually. Impact: MCC is the only T-TEN training provider in the Finger Lakes region. This program produces workers against an estimated gap of -216 workers in the automotive occupational group in the Finger Lakes region, per www.mcclmi.com .

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