Technical Training for Economic Development

1. Technical Training for Economic Development • The following PowerPoint presentation is based several months of research in the Emporia region. The research identified three issues related to assessment, training, and placement of people to support the manufacturing base in the region. A plan is proposed to support those regional issues.

2. Opportunities • Growing Business & Industry Training Needs in Emporia • Industry Need Youth Interested in High-Skill Careers to Support Aging Workforce • Emporia Received One-Stop Status

5. Emporia One-Stop • Emporia Workforce Development Office 2002 Application (WIA 1998) • 12 Mandatory Partners • Co-located at One Facility • Mandatory Youth Component

6. ATTRACSolution ATTRAC is a partnership to address: • Training • Youth • One-Stop

7. ATTRAC Advanced Technology TRAining Center Career Development for Business and Industry The Future A New Partnership

8. ATTRAC Partnership • Emporia USD 253 • Emporia State University • Flint Hills Technical College • Emporia Chamber of Commerce • Emporia SRS Management Area • Regional Development Association • Emporia Workforce Development Office

9. Mission To provide world-class training and workforce support

10. Vision Establishment of a premiere regional workforce

11. Customized Training Programs • Quality Assurance Training (Six Sigma, TQM, ISO 9000:2000) • Work Ethics and Accountability Training • Supervision and Management Training • Technical and Maintenance Training • Banking Principles and Certification • ESL and Command Spanish • Health and Safety Training • Skilled Trades Training • Team Development • Computer Training • Literacy Skills

12. Credentialing • Certificates: • Process Control (Instrumentation Technology) • Web Development and Internet Specialist • Computer Support Systems • Hydraulics and Pneumatics • Supervisory Management • Accounting Principles • Telecommunications • Industrial Electricity • Customer Service • Fusion Welding • ISO 9000:2000 • Six Sigma

13. Services • Assistance with upsizing and downsizing • Training and retraining • Pre-post assessment • Career counseling • Digital portfolios • Career planning • On-line courses • Job placement • Process audits • Mentoring

14. Industry Network Collaborative Networking Hub: Regional industries working together to solve common problems • Shared technology • Joint purchasing • Joint marketing • Joint contracts • Joint training • Shared work

15. Industry Benefits • Increased profits • Enhanced performance • Local group of training staff • Improved employee retention • Increased worker productivity • Local access to quality facility • Rapid response to training needs • Skill portfolio for each employee • Improved reading, writing, and math skills

16. National Certification Testing • Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) • Siemens Certification Training and Testing • NATEF - Automotive Service Excellence • Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) • Certified Novell Network Administrator • CISCO Networking • A+ Certification • Six Sigma

17. Training Funds • WIA funds • IMPACT Grants • Training Equipment Grant • The Kansas Industrial Training • The Kansas Industrial Retraining • Private Business and Industry Funds • High Performance Incentive Program

18. One-Stop Employer Services • Vocational Rehabilitation’s ADA and workplace accommodation services for employers • Assistance with economic development applications • Pre-screening and screening of job applicants • Position description development and writing • Assessment and diagnostics testing • Job market services for employers • Grant application assistance • Apprenticeship programs • Customized training • Job posting

19. One-Stop Benefits • Consolidated One-Stop Services • High-Tech Training Facility • Longer Hours of Operation • Expanded Services • Staff Assistance • Shared Staff • Childcare

20. Youth Experience Simulator Y.E.S. The Future for Today’s Youth

21. Y.E.S. Mission: Provide multi-sensory career exploration opportunities for youth

22. Youth Career Exploration Virtual Reality Experiential Cognitive Y.E.S.

23. Y.E.S. Virtual Reality Get youth enthusiastic about careers! • Stereographic Crystal Eyes • PINCH ™ Gloves • CubicMouse ™ • WorkWand ™

24. Career Services Virtual Reality Career Exploration Hands-on Career Exploration Dialogue with Experts Career Assessment Career Forecasting Lab Observations Y.E.S.

25. Kansas Patent MuseumSpotlighting Emporia • State-wide and local patents • Photos of designers • History and importance of each patent • Education and training of each designer • Impact of patents on Kansas, Emporia and mankind “…inspiring our children!” Y.E.S.

26. Summer Camp One-day to one week in length • Process control and manufacturing instrumentation/hydraulics/pneumatics • Graphic & commercial arts and print technology • Computers, website design, networks • Nursing and paramedic • Carpentry and drafting • CNC machining • Culinary arts • Auto repair • Leadership Y.E.S.

27. Summer Camp for YouthManufacturing Entrepreneur Camp • Manufacturing principles • All Aspects of An Industry curriculum • From design to manufacturing to point of sale The focus will be on every aspect involved in designing and manufacturing a product. “…enhance growth through entrepreneurship…”

28. Career Prep Services Youth 16-20 who are out of education • Intensive Career Assessment • Intensive Career Planning • Career Training • Placement Y.E.S.

29. Childcare Service • Childcare for those using ATTRAC • Babysitter and childcare courses • Childcare lab experience Y.E.S.

30. “The efforts at Emporia and Flint Hills Technical College to consolidate and improve local training programs through the ATTRAC project fall very well into my vision for effective, dynamic workforce development statewide. It is exactly this sort of strong, innovative approach from local communities that will significantly aid economic development and allow the state of Kansas to become the leader in workforce training.” — Lt. Governor John Moore

31. ATTRAC Steering Committee Mission Provide ongoing promotion, evaluation, and consultation on programs and services

32. ATTRAC Steering CommitteeProject Consultant: Lt. Governor John MooreLee Alderman, President, Flint Hills Technical CollegeBill Barnes, Instructor, Emporia State UniversitySteve Commons, Emporia City ManagerRoger Craft, President and CEO, Vektek, Inc.Dale Davis, Chair, Kansas Chamber of Commerce & Industry Board Chair, Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce Board; Emporia City CommissionerJanice DeBauge, Member, Kansas Board of RegentsKent Heermann, President, Regional Development AssociationJohn Heim, Superintendent, Emporia USD 253Jim Kessler, Board Member, Workforce Network of KansasJeanine McKenna, President & CEO, Emporia Area Chamber of CommerceKay Schallenkamp, President, Emporia State UniversityBetty Senn, Manager, Emporia Workforce Development Center

33. Facility ConceptISO 9000:2000 Certified • 30,000+ sq ft facility • Videoconferencing center • Conference room (seating for 40-160) • Instructional rooms (seating for 40 each) • General purpose rooms (daycare, museums) • Offices/suites (director, One-Stop, ABE/ESL, private/general) • Laboratories (one dedicated to industrial repair, one to computers) • Kitchenette for catering and vending machines

34. This concept is provided to support business & industry, workforce development, and to attract new businesses and industries to Emporia and the region. Cost: $3.5 million Hope is in tomorrow! ATTRAC