On July
11, Lake Sumter State College will host an open house for its new Relay
Protection Engineering
Technology A.S. degree program opening this fall. The program
has strong support from regional utility partners, local industry, and
community partners. Dr. Marilyn Barger, executive director of FLATE and Dr. Richard Gilbert, P.I. and professor of chemical engineering at the University of South Florida visited the new
program at LSSC's Sumterville campus last week to tour the new state-of-the-art
facilities and visit the program team.
The new
lab facilities at LSSC includes a training substation with an array of
transformer control panels and a laboratory with many simulated control panels
with both traditional analog and emerging digital control devices. A dedicated classroom for the program rounds
out the program space. The Sumterville
campus of LSSC is also the home of the Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S) and
certificates in electrical distribution technology. Both the certificates and degrees of the two
energy programs articulate into Duke Energy’s apprentice programs for utility
workers. Regional energy cooperatives, municipal utilities and their
contractors all will participate in student work experience programs providing
some on-the-job training for enrolled students. The nearest similar program, Electric Utility Substation &
Relay Technology A.S. degree,
is in Richmond, NC. Lake Sumter State College looks forward to becoming a hub
for regional electrical substation and relay technicians in Florida.
For more
information about the degree and program visit http://www.lssc.edu/academics/degrees/Pages/et.aspx
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