MSESP Grantee WebinarOctober 2, 2012

AgendaRecord WebinarWelcomeAdministrative UpdatesGetting to know you…. Grantee Presentation: MN Green – BGAF Participant/Outcome Projection UpdatesGetting to know you…. Grantee Presentation: Trades Academy to Apprenticeship Pathway

– WDI RAD UpdateJob Development Webinar SeriesGrantee UpdatesNext Meeting

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

Grantee Presentation

BlueGreen Alliance Foundation

Jerome Balsimojeromeb@bgafoundation.org

612-466-4515

Minnesota Green!

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.

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

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

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

Welding Project Results To Date

• Welding class completed May 2012 with 16 participants

• 10 participants placed in training related positions

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

Questions?

Participant UpdatePlan Total Projected

1/31/13 (from extension request)

Actual 10/2/12

Participants Enrolled 1495 1495 1641

Participants Completed

1196 980 1113

# Receiving Credentials

1076 882 990

Participants Placed/Incumbent Workers Retained Jobs

897 435/ 320

404/416

# Retaining Employment 2 qtrs

718 203

Grantee Expenditures

$4,868,394 (awarded)

$3,803,000 $2,565,595 (August expenditures)

Trades Academy to Apprenticeship Pathway

Becky ThofsonWorkforce Development, Inc.

MSESP WebinarOctober 2, 2012

Grantee Presentation – WDI

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

Trades Academy to Apprenticeship Pathway

Three goals to the project:1. 50 Silver level National Career Readiness

Credentials2. 30 Trades Academy graduates looking for

employment in related industries.3. 20 new apprentice electricians through “Boot

Camp”.4. Workforce Center counselors able to make

appropriate referrals for Credit for Prior Learning.

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

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

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

Trades Academy to Apprenticeship Pathway

Questions?

Becky ThofsonWorkforce Development, Inc.

bthofson@wfdi.ws507-259-5209

RAD Updates

o Retention Reporto Poll – Have you used the Retention Report to help with follow-ups?

o Exit Reason Exceptiono Poll – Have you used the Exit Reason Exception with any of your

participants?

oMake sure all participants are updated in RAD for end of quarter reports

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

Grantee Updates

Let us know what is happening with your MSESP project

Next Grantee WebinarTuesday, November 6

10:00 AMPresenters: RESOURCE

NE MN Office of Job Training/NE MN WIB