The Central Valley is rapidly becoming a hub for advanced manufacturing and automation. There is tremendous potential for Industry 4.0 revolution to strengthen manufacturing in the Central Valley. But ensuring our region captures this opportunity hinges on our ability to develop a world-class skilled workforce. That is why we are investing in certifying more community college instructors in SACA, enabling them to certify their students. All of this points to a bright future of automation in the central valley.
But ensuring our region captures this opportunity hinges on our ability to develop a world-class skilled workforce. That is why we are investing in certifying more community college instructors in SACA, enabling them to certify their students. All of this points to a bright future of automation in the central valley.
Industrial Maintenance Credentials and Upskilling
The COS Training Resource Center is now offering training courses to prepare individuals to take their SACA Gold Level Certifications. Each course will contain up to 40 hours of training (depending on the individual’s need) and proctoring for the associated SACA micro-credential exam. Trainings will be delivered in 3-hour sessions, twice per week. Click here for more information
SACA Certification for CCC Instructors
Community College Instructors are invited to attend the gold certification level assessments for the following SACA micro credentials:
- January 24 , 2025
- February 21 , 2025
- March 21, 2025
- April 25, 2025
To view more information, or to register, please visit the webpage here.
SACA Official Industry 4.0 Certification Center
The COS Training Resource Center is now proud to be a SACA Official Industry 4.0 Certification Center. The Smart Automation Certification Alliance (SACA) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to develop and deploy modular Industry 4.0 certifications for a wide range of industries. Their vision is to provide highly affordable, accessible certifications that significantly increase the number of individuals who possess the skills represented by these credentials, thereby ensuring that companies have the highly skilled workers they need, and individuals are prepared to be successful in an Industry 4.0 world.
With the help of their partners, SACA has created certifications that are industry-driven, developed for industry by industry. They are developed through a rigorous process that begins with the creation of truly international skill standards, endorsed by leading experts in Industry 4.0 technologies throughout the world. To learn more about SACA, please download their brochure or read an interview with their Executive Director, Jim Wall.
SACA Silver and Gold Certification Process
SACA offers two levels of certification for each credential topic in the SACA certification system:
- Silver Certifications are awarded to candidates that successfully pass the written knowledge exam, delivered online through the SACA testing portal. Silver certifications are ideal for individuals seeking to validate their Industry 4.0 knowledge or validate skills when hands-on testing is not available.
- Gold Certifications are awarded to candidates that successfully pass the written knowledge exam and successfully complete a hands-on performance assessment. Gold certifications are ideal for individuals seeking to demonstrate they possess job-ready, hands-on skills.
SACA certifications are free to students of SACA member institutions. Students can register to take a silver or gold exam by contacting their instructor or an administrator at the SACA member institution.
- Silver Certification Student Details:
- Individuals achieve silver certifications by taking a written exam via the SACA online testing portal.
- Silver certifications are awarded automatically upon successful completion of the online exam, and the individual is notified immediately through the portal.
- Individuals achieving silver certifications are awarded electronic Silver Certificates issued directly to the individual through the portal.
- All exams are proctored by an individual from the member institution who is certified as silver-level SACA proctor.
- If an individual fails an exam, a designated instructor can provide the individual with a prescription for improvement generated by the portal.
- Individuals are eligible to retake a failed exam 24 hours later.
- Gold Certification Student Details:
- Individuals achieve gold certifications by taking a hand`s-on performance test observed by a Gold-level proctor from their institution.
- Gold-level proctors assess each individual by observing the individual’s performance of hands-on skills in SACA’s gold assessment scenarios using equipment approved by SACA.
- Proctors enter the results of their observations into the SACA Assessment Portal.
- Individuals are awarded gold-certification if they successfully perform the SACA assessment scenarios and have also been awarded the silver certification for that credential.
- Individuals are automatically issued electronic Gold Certificates through the portal.