About the Center of Excellence for Energy Technology
The Centralia College Center of Excellence for Energy Technology serves as a resource hub for students seeking education that will make them competitive candidates for a career in the energy industry.What is a Center of Excellence?
Centers of Excellence are colleges designated by the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges as statewide leaders in specialized workforce education and training for industries that help the state's economy grow.Centers serve as a point-of-contact and resource hub for industry trends, best practices, innovative curriculum, and professional development opportunities. Centers also maximize resources by bringing together workforce education and industry partners in order to develop highly-skilled employees for targeted industries.
What do Centers of Excellence do?
- Maintain an institutional reputation for innovation and responsive education and training delivery to their targeted industry.
- Act as a broker of information and resources related to their targeted industry for industry representatives, community-based organizations, economic development organizations, community and technical colleges, secondary education institutions, and four-year colleges and universities.
- Translate industry research into best practices.
- Provide system coordination, coaching, and mentoring to assist in building seamless educational and work-related systems.
- Build a competitive workforce for driver industries in Washington State.
