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SCOT MCLEMORE: Part
of our secret sauce

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is us designing and building
our own manufacturing equipment.

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So a lot of the
automation, a lot

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of the conveyance, a lot
of the welding equipment

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that we use in our operations
is designed and built

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right behind the
Marysville auto plant.

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I think many people just think
that the parts show up here

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and we assemble it.

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But in actuality, coiled
steel comes in the front door

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and then a finished product
goes out the back door, all

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done with many associates
building the product

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and making sure that the quality
is what our customers expect.

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SCOT MCLEMORE: When I was
an engineer 30 years ago

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in the Marysville auto plant
just across the street,

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all of the robotics were
hydraulic and pneumatic.

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Now they're a completely
different type of technology.

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And that's why we're
working to create

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these pathways into Honda.

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In Central Ohio, we've
become an effective team.

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And it started with Jeff Spain.

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JEFF SPAIN: Approximately
10 years ago,

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Honda reached out to us.

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They were doing
future projections

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of the lack of
electromechanical technicians

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within Central Ohio.

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They needed a program that
could help them build that.

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SCOT MCLEMORE:
When Columbus State

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started connecting
with ATE, Jeff

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brought the concept
and model to life

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where students could continue
studying at Columbus State

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while working at Honda
three days a week.

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JEFF SPAIN: To look
at some of the folks

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that we've been able to have an
impact on and see how they're

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their first generation
to go to college,

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and to see that they are going
to have a career that will make

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them happy, that will make them
able to do things in their life

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that they want to, that
is a marker of success.

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SCOT MCLEMORE: This ATE
collaboration impacted

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what we're doing
here in Central Ohio.

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This type of intentional
collaborative model

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is the way of the future.

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We're stepping into the flexible
apprenticeship on the IT side,

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which will be really cool.

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DAVID HARRISON: You've been
just such an incredible partner.

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Like you say, it took you
two years to get your ITP--

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SCOT MCLEMORE: I've developed
a strong partnership

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and relationship with Dr.
Dave Harrison, President

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of the college.

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DAVID HARRISON:
Student success is

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at the core of why we're here.

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And we're really here to help
students achieve their goals.

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And for many of our students--

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all of our students
at some level--

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their goal is to get
a good job on the way

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to a high growth career.

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SCOT MCLEMORE: Through ATE
funding and collaboration,

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they were able to realign the
curriculum so that students

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had a high degree
of technical skills

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that other students
traditionally wouldn't have.

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JEFF WOODSON: They
can tell us real-time,

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your students need
to know a little more

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about this particular
software package,

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or it would be nice if they
have a skill set coming in,

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but they really need A or
B. And we can real-time

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fine-tune that.

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SCOT MCLEMORE: The initiative
has definitely paid off.

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Through that
funding, that allowed

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us to collaborate so that
we could build this talent

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pipeline and upskill
as well as help prepare

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the talent for the future.

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ANTON DELA FUENTE:
You go to school,

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have a fraction in
the cost of education,

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and then immediately
basically have a job.

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SCOT MCLEMORE:
The transition was

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very smooth for Anton moving
in to become a student

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technician here at Honda.

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He's done quite well
since he's been here.

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ANTON DELA FUENTE: Getting
your education at the same time

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you're working in a
manufacturing facility,

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it emphasizes everything
you're learning.

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SCOT MCLEMORE: It's allowed us
to scale this type of process,

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and program, and pathway
so that many manufacturers

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and many employers
can get in and become

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a part of the solution.

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JEFF SPAIN: The ability to
rapidly scale the program

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that we've put together
would not have been there

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without the NSF ATE program.

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Having the guidance
and the funding really

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allowed us to build
the program out

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and to make it what it is today.

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SCOT MCLEMORE: You
have to be creative

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and you have to
be collaborative.

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You have to continue
to work with ATE

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to be able to sense the changes
that are happening because it's

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changing so rapidly.

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ANTON DELA FUENTE:
I love my job.

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