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Manufacturing Advancement CenterWorkforce Innovation Collaborative:

Creating a Template for Success

Thomas A. WesleyChairman of the Steering Committee

April 3, 2014

The Mission of the Manufacturing Advancement Center Workforce Innovation Collaborative

To preserve manufacturing tribal knowledge and to execute the transfer of knowledge and critical skills to the

current and future workforce.

The Blame Game

Where you stand depends upon where you sit…

The ChallengeSkills development is a significant challenge

for small and medium size companies

• Workforce demographics• Technology intensity• Increased global competition & production

demands• Manufacturing firm demographics– 70% of firms have less than 20 employees– 90% have less than 100 employees

Manufacturing Advancement Center Workforce Innovation Collaborative

• Founded February 2012• Tactically focused, strategically cognizant• Recruitment of strategic partners, balanced representation

– Structured organization with a mission, by-laws, and formal committees

– Communication mechanism - website www.macwic.org – Membership: 115 members, 19,400 employees, $6.22 Billion

sales

Vocational Schools Struggle to Fill the Pipeline

• Low enrollment at some schools• High number go on to higher education• Varying levels of Professional Advisory

Committee involvement• Lack of hands-on time

Vocational Schools Struggle to Fill the Pipeline

• Non-standard curriculum• Non-standard equipment• Instructors have varying industry experience

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to Accomplish our Objectives

Employers

ParentsGovernment

Students Educators

Threading the Needle

MA VoTech Curricula: Start Somewhere• Agricultural Mechanics• Animal Science• Automotive Collision Repair &

Refinishing• Automotive Technology• Biotechnology• Cabinetmaking• Carpentry• Construction Craft Laborer• Cosmetology• Culinary Arts• Dental Assisting• Design & Visual

Communications• Diesel Technology• Drafting• Early Education & Care

• Electricity• Electronics• Engineering Technology• Environmental Science &

Technology• Exploratory• Facilities Management• Fashion Technology• Graphic Communications• Health Assisting• HVAC/R• Horticulture• Hospitality Management• Information Support Services &

Networking• Machine Tool Technology• Major Applicant Installation/

Repairing

• Marine Service Technology• Marketing• Masonry & Tile Setting• Medical Assisting• Metal Fabrication & Joining

Technologies• Office Technology• Painting & Design Technologies• Plumbing• Power Equipment Technology• Programming & Web

Development• Radio & Television Broadcasting• Robotics & Automation

Technology• Sheet Metalworking• Stationary Engineering• Telecommunications - Fiber

Optics

Applied Manufacturing Technology Pathway Certification

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Industry Developed, Industry Recognized Credentials

• Developed and validated by employers• Proctored testing• Portable, stackable credentials• Reduce cost of hire for employers• Provides individuals navigating manufacturing

employment with a “quality career pathway”

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www.macwic.org

MACWIC Credential Endorsed by:

MA Vocational Technical High Schools

“the [MACWIC] exams are aligned with the new CVTE frameworks and a post-secondary pathway”

CLASP has validated the program as a Quality Career Pathway

MACWIC Credential Endorsed by:

MA Division of Apprentice Standards

Statewide articulation agreement

Level 2 = Pre-apprentice certificate

MACWIC Credential Endorsed by:

MA Community Colleges

Quinsigamond CC – 26 credits

Statewide articulationagreement underreview

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Validation Currently testing vocational high school students in Level 1 & Level 2

• Start with Level 1• Juniors and/or Seniors

In-Kind Grant

• For the day students of schools that utilize the Applied Manufacturing Technology Pathway Certification

• “Curriculum in a Box®” Supports Level 1 & 2 of “credential pyramid”

Curriculum in a Box®

• Instructions• Participant and Instructor Guides• Workbooks• PowerPoint Presentations/Videos• Pre/Post Tests

• Book 1: Shop Math• Book 2: Blueprint Reading• Book 3: Metrology & Quality

Inspections• Book 4: Introduction to Programming

and GD&T• Book 5: CNC Mill Concepts and Hands-

On• Book 6: CNC Lathe Concepts and

Hands-On• Book 7: Lean Manufacturing

What is MSAN?The Manufacturing Skills Academy Network• Grassroots skills training initiative• Upgrade skills of existing workforce• Staffed by member companies and partners• Keep pace with rapidly changing technology• Maintains global competitiveness

What Does MSAN Do?

• Allow companies of all sizes to get their workforce trained

• Broad range of topics aligned with the credentialing pathway pyramid

• Relevant and company-driven, company-requested classes

MSAN is All About Partnership

• Partnering with schools and industry allows MACWIC to extend our reach

• Training can be delivered almost anywhere

Where there’s a room…there’s a way!

EduFactor LaunchPoint Videos

Goals and Objectives in 2014• Support the demystification of manufacturing– Speak up and Open up

• Increase MSAN participation and engage more members in training

• Determine the next vertical curriculum• Work closely with State House on key issues– Fund the Manufacturing Advancement Center– Support the credentialing system

Be a Manufacturing Vigilante!

Take responsibility to produce solutions without need for authority

or approval