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MCC-Toyota Event Set for April 6 at ATC


MCC community members are invited to attend an April 6 announcement on the Technician Training & Education Network (T-TEN) program, a partnership among MCC, Toyota Motor Corp, and local Toyota/Lexus dealerships.

Joseph Myers, Toyota T-TEN field manager, will announce the revamping and certification of the high-tech Toyota automotive technician education and on-the-job training program at MCC’s Applied Technologies Center. The event will be held 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 6, in ATC’s Toyota Lab (Room 110). Other national and regional Toyota leaders are scheduled to attend.

Toyota has been working with MCC and 34 other community colleges and vocational schools nationwide to redesign their T-TEN programs to align with current Toyota and industry occupational standards. The program provides education and hands-on training as well as employment opportunities for automotive students. Upon program completion, graduates immediately enter the workforce as certified technicians within Toyota/Lexus dealerships.

The announcement on April 6 is timed with the completion of Toyota’s intensive review of the MCC T-TEN program to ensure it meets Toyota’s more rigorous standards.

As one of the original 10 T-TEN colleges, MCC has teamed up with Toyota since 1987 to offer the program and is among only three community colleges in New York state participating in T-TEN.

The Finger Lakes region projects 233 annual job openings in automotive technologies, according to MCC’s January 2015 report “Measuring Middle-Skills Occupational Gaps Within the Finger Lakes Region.”

Hency Yuen-Eng
Marketing and Community Relations
04/04/2016