Bioscience Workforce Training & Assessment Center
Bioscience Workforce Training & Assessment Center (BWTAC) is focused on providing technical skills and specific Bioscience industry skills to individuals interested in a career in production, equipment maintenance and quality assurance of medical device manufacturing or pharmaceutical drug production. For the purpose of this program, the Bioscience Industry is defined as “the design, manufacturing and distribution of medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs”. The healthcare sector is excluded from this industry definition and scope of the Training Center.
The training is certificate based.
The focus of the BWTAC is to provide jobs skills and industry knowledge training in two broad areas:
- Medical Device Manufacturing
- Pharmaceutical Drug Manufacturing
Background:
In late 2006 and early 2007 Cuyahoga Community College conducted a survey to identify the need for Bioscience Workforce Training in Northeast Ohio. In early 2007 BioOhio conducted a similar statewide survey whose results mirrored that of findings of Cuyahoga Community College. In December of 2007, Cuyahoga Community College was awarded a grant from the Ohio Board of Regents to obtain equipment for the creation of the Bioscience Workforce Training & Assessment Center and opened in the Summer of 2008. The Center was established in cooperation with the Bioscience Industry and the State of Ohio.
The Bioscience Workforce Training & Assessment Center is located at the Unified Technologies Center (UTC) located at 2415 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.
Did you know?
There are over 450 medical device and pharmaceutical drug manufacturing companies that meet the definition of "Bioscience Industry" in Northeast Ohio with a total employment of more than 22,000 individuals at an average salary of $47,563 per year.
The projected employment growth rate is 12% per year.
In 2007, approximately 1500 positions were unfilled due to the lack of a trained workforce. It is estimated that approximately 900 of the unfilled positions are in the functional areas of manufacturing and quality control.
The training received at the Bioscience Workforce Training and Assessment Center can help you become qualified for a career in one of the following technical clusters:
- Medical Device Manufacturing - Machining
- Medical Device Manufacturing - Electronics
- Medical Device Equipment Maintenance
- Pharmaceutical Drug Manufacturing