Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council · Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council...

Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council SAWDC, a regional workforce development council covering eight counties in Southwest Alabama, was established in 2008 to provide a direct link to the workforce needs of business and industry at the local level. SAWDC is business-driven and business-led with over 75% of its forty-ﬁve voting members representing business and industry. Charged with developing a comprehensive, integrated workforce development system, SAWDC works to meet the needs of employers and establish a better quality of life for its citizens through the creation of a skilled, diverse, and adaptable workforce. SAWDC has focused their attention on four industry clusters - aviation, maritime, industrial construction and manufacturing, and healthcare - which were chosen due to the high demand and high growth prospects for these industries. In partnership with such organizations as Alabama Industrial Development Training and the Central Gulf Industrial Alliance, SAWDC convenes, organizes key stakeholders, and maintains persistent attention to the needs of the two main customers: employers and workers. By engaging employers and other partners in identifying workforce needs, SAWDC aligns funding from various sources and brokers services that address the career advancement needs of employers and lower-skilled adults. INDUSTRY CLUSTERS Community Foundation of South Alabama • Mobile County • City of Mobile • Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce HEALTHCARE AVIATION MARITIME INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION & MANUFACTURING 67 EMPLOYERS with 77,500 EMPLOYEES JOBSEEKERS Total Young Adults % Young (18-24) Adults Number served: 1,139 504 44% Total enrolled in training: 743 313 42% Total job placements: 765 335 44% Industry credentials: 734 305 42% INCUMBENT WORKERS Number served: 181 Total enrolled in training: 181 Total received wage increase: 169 RETENTION Jobseeker 6-month: 86% Jobseeker 12-month: 71% Incumbent Worker 12-month: 93% Incumbent Worker 24-month: 93% Carolyn Akers Mobile Area Education Foundation Chris Comstock Outokumpu Sam Covert Alabama Power (Retired) Bob Higgins Higgins & Associates Frank Jelercic Central Gulf Industrial Alliance John Johnson Coastal Gateway Economic Development Alliance Loka Mistretta Cintas Corporation Jennifer Ogle Airbus Steve Perry Community Leader Janice Rehm USA Children’s & Women’s Randy Rogers Evonik Industries Lesleigh Smith Performance Contractors George Vann BASF Troy Wayman Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Cheryl Williams Spherion Stafﬁng Services SAWDC Board of Directors Sandra Koblas, Chairman Austal USA Lee Lawson, Vice Chairman Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance Bill Hafner, Secretary VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering Ketrenia Crenshaw, Treasurer Boise Paper David Hannan, Legal Counsel Maynard Cooper & Gale PC

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Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council

SAWDC, a regional workforce development council covering eight counties in Southwest Alabama, was established in 2008 to provide a direct link to the workforce needs of business and industry at the local level. SAWDC is business-driven and business-led with over 75% of its forty-five voting members representing business and industry. Charged with developing a comprehensive, integrated workforce development system, SAWDC works to meet the needs of employers and establish a better quality of life for its citizens through the creation of a skilled, diverse, and adaptable workforce.

SAWDC has focused their attention on four industry clusters - aviation, maritime, industrial construction and manufacturing, and healthcare - which were chosen due to the high demand and high growth prospects for these industries. In partnership with such organizations as Alabama Industrial Development Training and the Central Gulf Industrial Alliance, SAWDC convenes, organizes key stakeholders, and maintains persistent attention to the needs of the two main customers: employers and workers. By engaging employers and other partners in identifying workforce needs, SAWDC aligns funding from various sources and brokers services that address the career advancement needs of employers and lower-skilled adults.

InDuStry CluSterS

Community Foundation of South Alabama • Mobile County • City of Mobile • Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce

HeAltHCAre AvIAtIon

mArItIme

InDuStrIAl ConStruCtIon

& mAnufACturIng

67EMployErS

with

77,500EMployEES

JobSeekerS total young Adults % young (18-24) AdultsNumber served: 1,139 504 44%Total enrolled in training: 743 313 42%Total job placements: 765 335 44%Industry credentials: 734 305 42%

InCumbent WorkerSNumber served: 181Total enrolled in training: 181Total received wage increase: 169

retentIonJobseeker 6-month: 86%Jobseeker 12-month: 71%Incumbent Worker 12-month: 93%Incumbent Worker 24-month: 93%

Carolyn AkersMobile Area Education

Foundation

Chris Comstockoutokumpu

Sam CovertAlabama power (retired)

bob HigginsHiggins & Associates

frank JelercicCentral Gulf

Industrial Alliance

John JohnsonCoastal Gateway Economic

Development Alliance

loka mistrettaCintas Corporation