Scott County Partnership

Industrial Training Overview 

The Scott County Partnership is dedicated to the concept of working together as a community
to create a high quality of life and a robust economy for the people of Scott County.  With this
goal in mind, the City of Scottsburg conducted a “Skills Survey” in 2001 to better understand
the human resource needs of employers in Scott County.  The data received and analyzed as
a result of this survey identified industrial maintenance skills as being high on the “wish list” of
many local manufacturers. 

The Scott County Partnership was fortunate to receive an $808,000 grant through the 2002
Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Bill with the help of Ninth
District congressman Baron Hill.  These dollars were used to purchase state-of-the-art
equipment to provide industrial maintenance training and skills on the systems needed
most by local manufacturing business: 1) electrical; 2) mechanical drives; 3) motor controls;
4) hydraulics; 5) pneumatics; and programmable logic controllers (PLCs). 

The curriculum has the capability of providing training at the beginner, intermediate and
advanced skill levels using an “open entry/open exit” system – meaning that there are not
set semesters, hours or terms and a student attends anytime that is convenient to their
schedule during operating hours. A student works at his or her own pace and a fully
qualified instructor is always present to guide and assist as needed.