LaCroix Precision Optics launches optics manufacturing technician apprenticeship

Aug. 26, 2021
The objective of this program is to engage employees with the overall understanding of the company’s precision optics manufacturing processes.

On July 27, 2021, LaCroix Precision Optics (Batesville, AR) has named Kevin Weaver and Robert Brockway as the first apprentices in its Optics Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship. The objective of this program is to engage employees with the overall understanding of the companys precision optics manufacturing processes. The program goals are to transfer institutional knowledge, develop future skilled leaders, and expose apprentices to new and advanced optics manufacturing technologies.

The program will consist of on-the-job training combined with 144 hours of related instruction classes from Monroe Community College (online) and the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville (UACCB). LaCroix is working with The Arkansas Office of Skills Development, Arkansas Department of Labor, and Arkansas Department of Commerce to ensure this program meets all requirements, and to pursue grant opportunities. The program is competency-based, with the expected completion within 2-4 years.

Weaver started in November 1996 through a temporary agency and became full-time in March 1998. He has worked in cleaning, cement/matching, and centering, and he became the centering lead person in August 2009.

Brockway started in March 2005 through a temporary agency and became full-time in July 2006. He has worked in CNC (grinding, polishing, beveling, phase shifting) and plano. He has attended UACCB with classes in Industrial Technology and his “hobby” agriculture.

Source: LaCroix Precision Optics

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