MSESP Grantee Webinar

1. MSESP Grantee Webinar October 2, 2012

2. Agenda • Record Webinar • Welcome • Administrative Updates • Getting to know you…. • Grantee Presentation: MN Green – BGAF • Participant/Outcome Projection Updates • Getting to know you…. • Grantee Presentation: Trades Academy to Apprenticeship Pathway – WDI • RAD Update • Job Development Webinar Series • Grantee Updates • Next Meeting

3. Administrative Updates • GAO Visit • Project Extensions • Sub-Grantee Meetings • Quarterly Narrative Reports due 10/15 • Make sure you are using the current template (Revision 3 July 2012 – posted on website) • Supplement to Final Narrative Report • Job Development Webinar Series

4. Grantee Presentation BlueGreen Alliance Foundation Jerome Balsimo jeromeb@bgafoundation.org 612-466-4515

5. Minnesota Green!

6. Project Partners • Agencies • Anoka County Workforce Center • Anoka-Ramsey Community College • Anoka County Chamber of Commerce • HIRED • St. Paul Community College • Employers • E.J. Ajax & Sons, Inc. • Delta • Juno, Inc.

7. Project Components • Goals • Increase workers’ skills to the level needed to find employment • Provide workers the skills needed for Twin Cities greening manufacturing base demands

8. Project Components • Training • 120 hours of welding training conducted by St. Paul College instructors; or • 64 hours of medical device training conducted by Anoka-Ramsey Community College instructors; and • 48 hours of GreenPOWER training conducted by BGAF green manufacturing specialist instructors • 10 hours of OSHA training conducted by authorized OSHA instructors • 11 hours of job search and resume writing training • Above training enables graduates to obtain certification for: • SME Green Manufacturing Specialist • OSHA 10 • American Welding Certificate • Medical Device Essentials Certificate • Advanced Medical Device Certificate

9. Project Components • Outcomes • Train 18 Minnesotans with 85% training retention rate in welding program (one class) • Train 24 Minnesotans with 85% training retention rate in medical device class (two classes) • Train 15 veterans in GreenPOWER and additional training through the County services • All participant graduates will receive certificates or credentials from SME and/or OSHA • 90% of participants will retain jobs after six months of employment

10. Welding Project Results To Date • Welding class completed May 2012 with 16 participants • 10 participants placed in training related positions

11. Medical Device Project Results To Date • First class completed June 2012 with 11 participants • Six participants placed in training related positions • Second class began September 2012 with 13 participants

12. Questions?

13. Participant Update

15. Grantee Presentation – WDI Trades Academy to Apprenticeship Pathway Becky Thofson Workforce Development, Inc. MSESP Webinar October 2, 2012

16. Trades Academy to Apprenticeship Pathway • Trades Academy “Boot Camp” • Round 3 project that is expansion of Round 2 Trades Academy in partnership with SMNJATC • 20 hour Trades Academy is safety focused with graduates obtaining OSHA-10 certification. • Discussion about progress on Round 2 project led to opportunity to address pipeline issue in construction • Construction hit hard by recent economy but very large projects are under way in our area • Electrical union apprenticeship intake and process

17. Trades Academy to Apprenticeship Pathway • Three goals to the project: • 50 Silver level National Career Readiness Credentials • 30 Trades Academy graduates looking for employment in related industries. • 20 new apprentice electricians through “Boot Camp”. • Workforce Center counselors able to make appropriate referrals for Credit for Prior Learning.

18. Trades Academy to Apprenticeship Pathway • Boot Camp includes: • 40 hours using standardized NJATC Electrical Apprenticeship curriculum • Safety, basic electrical theory, tools and materials of the electrical trades including conduit bending • Prepare a new worker for productivity on an electrical job site

19. Trades Academy to Apprenticeship Pathway • First session – April • 10 started, 8 completed • All worked as Electrician Helpers • Second session – begins September 27th • Trades Academy sessions continue • NCRC silver level - minimum qualification • CAEL training scheduled October 24th • To target construction workers, veterans in emerging occupations

20. Trades Academy to Apprenticeship Pathway • Unanticipated Results • Presentation to entire Rochester Construction Partnership • Helpers hired this summer • CAEL training will impact long after the grant ends • Stronger employer relationships created with the OJT’s in our toolbox

21. Trades Academy to Apprenticeship Pathway • Questions? • Becky Thofson • Workforce Development, Inc. • bthofson@wfdi.ws • 507-259-5209

22. RAD Updates • Retention Report • Poll – Have you used the Retention Report to help with follow-ups? • Exit Reason Exception • Poll – Have you used the Exit Reason Exception with any of your participants? • Make sure all participants are updated in RAD for end of quarter reports

23. Job Development Webinar Series • Wednesday, October 3 – 12:00-1:00 PM • 1hr overview webinar • Friday, November 2 – 12:00-2:00 PM (note date change) • Intensive placement webinar, part 1 • Thursday, November 8 – 12:00-2:00 PM • Intensive placement webinar, part 2

24. Grantee Updates • Let us know what is happening with your MSESP project

25. Next Grantee Webinar Presenters: RESOURCE NE MN Office of Job Training/NE MN WIB Tuesday, November 6 10:00 AM