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Partnering w/ Municipalities. Local and State …can make your workforce GREAT!. “ If you can’t get ‘em…grow ‘em!”. MaryTherese Tebbe. Workforce Issues Facing Robins AFB Georgia. We must start earlier than Middle and High School!. Community/Base Road Shows.
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Partnering w/ Municipalities Local and State …can make your workforce GREAT! “If you can’t get ‘em…grow ‘em!” • MaryTherese Tebbe
Workforce Issues Facing Robins AFB Georgia We must start earlier than Middle and High School!
Community/Base Road Shows • Region partners help Base Personnel recruit on the road by selling community assets • Robins AFB recruits with great job opportunities…i.e. NASA Cape Canaveral Florida…the Robins Region Defense Community completes the package by educating potential workers on quality of life, education, housing, healthcare etc in the Region.
What do Kids Want to be? • Fireman • Doctor • Policeman • Astronaut • Nurse • Teacher
What do Kids think of Robins AFB? • Have to be a pilot • Have to paint planes • Have to turn widgets
Facts • The High School or college graduate today that goes to work at Robins will not be qualified for the new technology we will have in 2015. • Must Start Earlier than High School…earlier than Middle…It must be Elementary! • Robins AFB employees 26 thousand people…has a 4.1 Billion Dollar annual economic impact in GA.
Aerospace Workforce Pipeline 34 TECHNICAL COLLEGES 18 SATELLITE CAMPUSES 34 COLLEGES and UNIVERSTIES • 8 within 50 miles of Robins • 5 with classes on Robins • Plus Embry Riddle • Macon State College • 4 year Warner Robins Campus • 2 miles from Base • Associate, Baccalaureate, Masters, Doctors Degrees All Engineering disciplines, Budget & Finance, Industrial & Program Industrial & Program Management, Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management, Contracting &Procurement, Human Resources Management, and Information Technology Aircraft Maintenance, Aircraft Sheetmetal, Aircraft Electrical, Avionics and Electronics
Workforce of Tomorrow • STEM • Wonder Wings • ACE Science Based Field Trips • History Based Guided Tours • Mission Quest Flight Simulators • STARBASE ROBINS • Middle Georgia Youth Science • and Technology Center • Post Secondary Training • NASA Educator Resource Center • Air Traffic Control • Aviation Outreach • 49,000 Pre K through High School Kids Annually Work Ready • $500K State Regional Grant 2008 • 200k State Regional Grant 2010 • 1300 regional students certified * Over 25% gold or platinum level • Funded: Gotta Jet DVD Road Shows RAFB Career Fairs High Schools Field Trips to MOA • GA awarded for “outstanding efforts to ensure workplace success” by ACT. (American College Testing 10/29/09) Museum of Aviation