TAKING YOUR

WORKFORCE TO THE

NEXT LEVEL:

The Northwest Intermountain’s Strategy to Support Worker Training.. Presented by Christine Frei, CEDA Executive Director

Northwest Intermountain Region

North Central Idaho &

Southeast Washington

17,800 square miles

180,000 people

10 people/square mile

The North Central Idaho Comprehensive

Economic Development Strategy

Construct an effective stakeholder network to

engage students, families, and communities in

knowing and understanding the regional

career and employment opportunities.

Implement a strategy to the technical

education delivery system to meet industry

and workforce needs.

The Manufacturing Renaissance

North Central Idaho and

Southeast Washington have

enjoyed amazing

manufacturing growth in the

past five years.

In Summary

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Competition for Workers

Along with the high needs for entry-level

and skilled workers by manufacturers, other

sectors also are competing for workers.

It is a WORKER advantage. More

jobs than we have workers….

Need Skills

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Demographic Challenges

The region has proportionately fewer youth,

which makes replacing baby boomers as

they retire difficult.

Growth of Labor Force

since 1990

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Our Youth Have Become an

Especially Precious Resource

The long-term success of manufacturing and

other economic sectors depends on our ability

to properly train those youth for the jobs they’re

needed for.

Identifying the Skills…..

A process that uses

expert workers in

industry to identify

occupational and job

competencies.

DACUM

Used for:

Occupation analysis

Job analysis

Functional analysis

Five Critical Jobs

1. Machinist 2.

Fabricator

3. Electronic

Technician4. Machine

Technician

5. Quality

assurance

supervisor

MODIFIED DACUM

Duties,

Tasks,

General Knowledge and Skills

Attitudes

Tools

Future Trends

Use of Competency Charts

Job Description

Internal Training

Job Restructuring

Performance Evaluation

Curriculum Develop

Curriculum Restructure

Addressing the Talent Shortage

Sectoral approach

Link needs in the metal cluster to the technical education system

Build career ladder, allowing for ongoing skill development

Identify competencies that are distinctive to key occupations

Build partnership with manufacturers

Constant talent pipeline acts as a catalyst for innovation and growth

Addressing the Talent ShortageThe Northwest Intermountain Metal Manufacturing Career Development

Program

Concurrent with grades 9-12 curriculum

Online through IDLA, Summer Skill Academies, life

long learning exposure

Manufacturers’ endorsed certificate

Transferable credits, pathway to associate degrees

then bachelors degree

Mentoring, internship, apprenticeship

MANUFACTURING

CAREER RECRUITMENT

PROGRAM

Every day, we try

to combat the

misperceptions.

Today’s

manufacturing is

not our

grandfather’s

manufacturing!

Why Dream It. Do It.?

To develop a

manufacturing

careers recruitment

strategy developed

to inform students

about valuable

opportunities in

manufacturing

To successfully tie

the Region’s

manufacturing

workforce training

and workforce

recruitment

initiatives together

under a single,

recognized name

Intermountain NW

Dream It. Do It. Sponsors

Branding

*DIDI provides a brand for our initiatives

*They provide professionally developed creative material

*A recognized logo for workforce development efforts

*Visibility on the Manufacturing Institute website

Peer to Peer Learning

*Bi-monthly webinars with other DIDI chapters

*DIDI Executive Learning Conference

*Sharing of best practices with templates and resources

Advocacy and Education

*Access to national subject matter

*Access to research

*Access to technical assistance

*Connection to the Institute’s partnerships such renowned

youth programs, industry networks and education programs

DIRECT PATHWAY

Exposure Education Employment

THANK YOU !