2. • NAWDA’s Mission and
Purpose
• 2015 Goals and Focus
• What to do to get on Board
• Investment Focus
• Q & A
Today’s Agenda
3. • NAWDA is a non-profit organization that
promotes a consistent, efficient and sustainable
skilled trades workforce in North Alabama.
• We accomplish this through:
-Skills Assessments
-Craft Training
-Building a talented and sustainable pipeline
through educational partnership
Purpose
4. • Willie Lafavor, Contractor Service & Fabrication, Inc. - President
• Mike Ladd, Daikin America - Treasurer
• Brent Jacobs, Calhoun Community College - Secretary
• Robin Higgs, 3M
• Russ Wilson, BP
• Jim Mouch, Turner Industries Group, LLC
• David Whitten, Tennessee Valley Training Center
• Tiffany Brightwell, Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc.
• DeeDee Jones, Decatur City Schools
• Penny Townson, Morgan County Economic Development Association
Board Members
5. • 3M
• Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
• Ascend Performance Materials
• BP
• Contractor Service & Fabrication, Inc.
• Daikin America, Inc.
• Mundy
• Toray Carbon Fibers America
• Turner Industries Group, LLC
Current Members
6. • Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC)
• Calhoun Community College
• Decatur- Morgan County Chamber of
Commerce
• Morgan County Economic Development
Association (MCEDA)
• NCCER
• Tennessee Valley Training Center (TVTC)
• Area school systems
Partners
9. • Increase number of members by 100%
• Increase work hour numbers by 10%
MEMBERSHIP EXPANSION
10. DAVID’S STORY- THE BLUE
CARD
SKILLS ASSESSMENT
North Alabama Workforce
Development Alliance
11. ASSESSMENT GOALS
• 40% of the certifiable workforce in Morgan
County assessed by the end of 2015
• Current members have assessed 72% of
their journey level workforce
13. • Creation of tools to move the needle on
more people being trained could include:
• Process workflow options for training
• Workshop(s) for member companies/potential
member companies classes
• Act as clearinghouse on what classes are needed
and supplementing the cost to make it more
efficient
CRAFT TRAINING
15. 1. Assess employers- both industry and
contractors to quantify where the needs
are and in what areas
2. Promote program where there is the most
need
PIPELINE EXPANSION
21. The collaboration of all stakeholders will
produce a
safe, skilled, & sustainable workforce
22. Q & A
North Alabama Workforce
Development Alliance
23. SERVICE PROVIDERS WILL BE HERE
AFTERWARDS
TO TALK MORE ABOUT NCCER ASSESSMENTS
AND TRAINING AND HOW TO GET STARTED
North Alabama Workforce
Development Alliance
Editor's Notes
Willie or Mike to welcome everyone and then cover this slide
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Add Toray potentially
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Others that we need to add?
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David to cover need for blue card from employer’s perspective as well as the rigor of the program through visual of training material books
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Notes:
2.8 Million Hrs./2080 hrs. = 1346 Full Time Employees
1346 x75% = 1110 Journey Level Employees
1346 x 25% = 236 NON-Journey Level Employees
Jim getting data from NCCER by zip code to see if we can add this information in and use it as the metric/data source
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Notes:
Goal is not to dictate how a company implements training but to make it easier for companies to implement training so more people are trained and the skills gap is closed
Workshop note: on what to do after people are assessed to sign people up for training to build synergies for training classes to have enough to provide the numbers to schedule
Supplementing cost note: either through NAWDA paying some of the cost and/or incumbent worker grants
Other talking points:
-all assessed get a prescription if they don’t pass
-member companies go over prescription and wage rate tied to where they are and then encourage them to get the training they need on their own to move up (provide with in house or Calhoun info for skills training) employer pays some and employee pays some
-survey the membership to see how we can help the members move the needle on getting people more trained and then design a process to support this
-incumbent worker training funds??
-measure of number of people in training – structure for getting info- goal
-sub committee set up to govern this
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Mike to cover; reference membership packet they will have in front of them
Jim Mouch to cover- call to action
Investment focus- all owners stand up to support and say that this is an long-term investment, it won’t all happen over night
Will call Phil Foster and Sam Black about being a part of this slide too