Preble County Development Partnership, Inc.

Advance, Encourage, Promote the Industrial, Commercial, and Civic Development of Preble County

AgendaManufacturing Employer Breakfast

• How We Got Here• Dream It; Do It: Building a Pipeline of New

Workers• Creating a WorkKeys Community• Developing a Manufacturing Training

Center

National Issue•More than 80% of employers report “moderate to serious” shortage of qualified applicants.

3 major trends are driving the shortage• Manufacturing employment is rising after years of productivity-driven

decline• A significant number of skilled workers are retiring• Our schools do not produce sufficient numbers of future workers with

adequate math and science skills to meet the needs of manufacturersSource: The Manufacturing Institute / Deloitte & Touche, “Roadmap to Education Reform for Manufacturing” and The Wall Street Journal, “Help Wanted on the Factory Floor”

• People who influence young people do not encourage interest in manufacturing as a vocation. Source: The Manufacturing Institute, Deloitte and Touche, “Public View on Manufacturing”

…and Local Issue

• Preble County Schools: Most recent scorecards-- 2 excellent; 2 effective, and yet….

• Educational attainment in county lags behind state and national average

• Manufacturing employers lamenting lack of skilled workers who are ready to work

• Many states implementing Work Ready programs for competitive advantage

Dream It; Do It GrantMike Snell

General Manager, Silfex

Dream It; Do It Grant• The National Association of

Manufacturers has created a national marketing campaign, “Dream!tDo!t” designed to:

– Increase interest in manufacturing careers

– Explain the options to acquire the skills that are needed

– Directly engage school systems, counselors and students in the campaign

• The “Dream!tDo!t” campaign is designed to deliver professional content with localized implementation

– National branding and content creation– Local links, tie-in to partners– Support for best practices– Support for localization and campaign

launch

Dream It; Do It Grant• Focus on Preble County high school students and educators with

experiences designed to educate about manufacturing careers• The initial membership fee varies from $20-35,000 based upon the

geographical size of the campaign• NAM supplies:

– National visibility– Membership in the DIDI Executive Leadership Counsel– Creative materials– Technical assistance– Website presence– Campaign toolkit

• Silfex and Sinclair Community College partnering on grant request and additional support

• Grant decision expected late 2011

WorkKeysA Work Ready Community

Jack GrubbExecutive Director Preble Promise

WorkKeys: A Work Ready Community

• Assessment system created by ACT:o Makes hiring more efficient and effective

o Boosts current workforce productivity through targeted training

o Decreases downtime, defects and employee turnover

• Does not take a long time or large expense to implement

WorkKeys: How it Works

• Looks at the three skills identified for successo Applied mathematicso Reading for informationo Locating information

• The assessment awards scores of mastery

• Match candidates with profiled positions

• Train for missing skill levels

WorkKeys: How it Works

WorkKeys: Benefits

• Take the guesswork out of selection decisions– Lower performance-based turnover

• Companies have seen a reduction from 30%-100% within 1 year

• Targeted training– Only train employees in missing skills

• Lower product defects and line slow-downs

Dave FultonPresident, Hohman Plating

&Coating

Work Keys: Preble County GoalUsing the Oklahoma model as a standardo a minimum of 3% of the existing workforce must

be credentialed with Career Readiness Certificates

o a minimum of 25% of the available workforce must be credentialed CRC

o minimum of 85% high school graduation rate for an emerging workforce

Work Keys: Next Steps• Test workforce with assessment

– 3 hour assessment • can be broken up into three 1-hour sessions

– Assessment compensated if taken online

• Employees can take assessment at:– Job Center– Miami Valley CTC– Possible “mobile lab”

• Job center already using assessment

Sinclair/Ohio Board of Regents Grant

Creation of a Manufacturing Training Center

Rebecca ButlerSinclair Community College

Sinclair/Ohio Board of Regents Job Training Capital Funds Grant

• PURPOSE: purchase equipment and/or facilities that will prepare workers for growing industries

• AWARD: up to $250,000• REQUIREMENTS:

o Demonstrated public/private partnershipo Ability to attract/retain workers through granto Preference given for equipment housed at current

business

Sinclair/Ohio Board of Regents Job Training Capital Funds Grant

• Work to Date:o Identification of county, chamber, and PCDP

partnershipo Planning session held with Sinclair, county, PCDP,

and business repso Identification of Training/Skills Development

needso Grant Submission Target Date: Sept 30

Training/Skills Development Needs

Basic Skills (literacy, mathematics, job search, employability)(Job Centers)

Manufacturing Skill Standards Council skills(IVY Tech Community College,

Miami Valley Career Technology Center, Sinclair Community College)

Advanced CNC, Metrology,CNC, Metrology,Basic Machining

(Sinclair Community College)

Engineering,EngineeringTechnology

(Sinclair CommunityCollege,

area universities)

Grant: Financial Components• Capital Equipment• Site Modifications/Utilities• Ongoing operations beyond grant• Miscellaneous: materials, maintenance, etc…

• Estimated Need: $350,000• Maximum grant award: $250,000• GAP: $100,000

Grant: Match Components

• Need $250,000 minimum• Match components in final stages or already in

placeo Facilityo Sinclair

• NEED: Minimum $150,000 private sector commitment

Employer Commitment Options

• Training Commitment o Pay employee wages during trainingo Possible Co-op optiono Invest in training

o4+ training cohorts/year with 15 studentsoPrecision Machining, CNC Machining, Metrology, etc…

NEED: 100 employees trained MINIMUMin 2 years

Call to Action

• Dream It; Do It

• Work Keys

• Sinclair/OBOR Grant

• Be available for partnering with Silfex, Sinclair, and K12

• Consider assessments for your employees; using Work Keys for incoming worker placement

• Commit in writing to invest in employee training

Manufacturing in Preble County: Partnerships at Work!

OBOR Manufacturing Center Grant

Work Keys Community

Dream It, Do It High School

Pipeline

Contact InformationMatt AppenzellerExecutive DirectorPreble County Chamber ofCommerce937-456-4949matta@preblecountyohio.com

Jack GrubbExecutive DirectorPreble Promisepreblepromise@gmail.com

Mike SnellGeneral Manager, Silfex937-456-7550msnell@silfex.com

Rebecca ButlerDean, Sinclair Community Collegerebecca.butler@sinclair.edu

Mike FreedProject Manager, Sinclair CommunityCollege937-512-5012michael.freed@sinclair.edu