02/10/2025 02:43:24 PMIndustrial equipment technician skills needed for high-priority occupations in three counties(Butler, PA) An open-enrollment industrial equipment technician program that debuts in March at Butler County Community College will provide an edge to applicants seeking to enter one of the top industries in western Pennsylvania and to employees pursuing advancement in manufacturing, according to BC3 administrators and an industry supervisor.James Armbrust, foreground, an employee at Bayer Corp., Saxonburg, and a student in Butler County Community College’s industrial equipment technician program, practices electrical wiring Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in a lab on BC3’s main campus in Butler Township. Instructor Paul Blackford is shown in background. The program can lead to two high-priority occupations, will debut in March as open enrollment and will be free to residents of Armstrong, Butler and Indiana counties.Career Training