MSESP Grantee Webinar
April 2, 2013
Agenda
Record Webinar
Welcome
Administrative Updates
Job Placement/Retention Follow-ups
Getting to Know You: WDI – Alignment and Expansion of
Trades Academy and Welding Skills in SE MN
Participant/Outcome Projection Updates
Green Job Search Update: BlueGreen Alliance Foundation
RAD Update
Grantee Updates
Next Meeting
Administrative Updates
• Video project Update
• Project Summary/Booklet Update
• Regional meetings and statewide capstone
event
• SAVE THE DATE! May 15th at the State
Capitol for our culminating event!
• Grantee expectations for May 15
• Incumbent Worker Survey
Job Placement/Retention Follow-ups
• Update from WDI
• Remember to send details of those you
would like help with
Getting to Know You…
Workforce Development, Inc.
Alignment and Expansion of Trades
Academy and Welding Skills in SE MN
Becky Thofson
Alignment & Expansion of
Trades Academy and Welding
Skills in SE MN
Addressing Welding skill
shortages
April 2, 2013
Workforce Development, Inc.
PARTNERS:
• Workforce Development, Inc. – Rochester
• Southern Minnesota Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee
• Riverland, Rochester, South Central and Southeast Tech Colleges
• McNeilus Steel and RDM of Minnesota
• Other business partners across the region
Project Components:
• Pre-employment Trades Academy on site at WFC or colleges
• College level welding classes leading to American Welding Society
certification D1.1
• Assistance with specific jobsearch classes and OJT’s
Pre-employment Trades Academy
• Recruitment primarily through WFC
• Silver level National Career Readiness Certificate
• Career opportunities and expectations within the region
• Emphasis on safety training
• 10 hour OSHA and forklift driving certifications
• Referral back to WFC for jobsearch assistance and OJT
opportunity
Welding Training
• Partnered with each of the 4 community colleges within our
region to hold Academies and Welding classes in Albert Lea,
Faribault, Owatonna, Rochester, Red Wing and Winona
• Reached capacity with the welding labs within the region this
spring
• Hands on training with expectations for attendance and
attitude
• Goal is AWS D1.1 certification
• Business partners identified this level
Welding Training
Results (all MSESP projects)
• Trades Academies
• Solar Installer Program
• Pre-apprenticeship “Boot Camp”
• Total enrollments
• Total terms
• Total placements
• Still in jobsearch or classes
* 41 enrolled 1st quarter 2013
222
161
109
62*
Lessons learned:
• Follow-up begins before classes end
• The certificates are very important to the student
• NCRC
• Forklift
• OSHA
• Academy completion
• Welding completion
• AWS certifications
• On the Job Training contracts take time to develop
• Local Shoppers are good resource for recruiting
Where are we now?
• Academy classes continue with OSHA and Forklift
certifications (No welding capacity)
• Heavy emphasis on Placements and Follow-ups
• Hope to sustain the project with additional funding
• Thankful for the opportunity to develop the
relationships – both with business and with colleges
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Becky Thofson
Workforce Development, Inc.
507-259-5209
bthofson@wfdi.ws
Participant Update
Plan Total
Actual 4/1/13
Plan Outcomes by
Percentage
Actual Outcomes by
Percentage 4/1/13
Participants Enrolled
1495
2144
100%
100%
Participants Completed
1196
1699
80%
79%
(of those served)
# Receiving Credentials
1076
1528
90%
90%
(of those completing
education/training
Participants Placed/
Incumbent Workers Retained
Jobs
897
# Retaining Employment 2 qtrs
718
789/
430
514
75%
46% / 72%
(of those completing
education/training)
(2nd figure includes
incumbents)
80%
65%
(of those placed in
unsubsidized employment)
Grantee Expenditures
$4,804,912
$4,105,943
(awarded)
(February
expenditures)
85% expended
April 1, 2013
Participant Progression
2,144
1,699
1,528
108
789
-649
Started Training
-503
Completed
Education/Job
Training
Achieved
514
-59
-452
Received
Credential
204
687
Placed in Job
Training Related
Job
Remain
Employed
Needed to Hit Target
Green Job Search Update
Jerome Balsimo
BlueGreen Alliance Foundation
612-466-4515
jeromeb@bgafoundation.org
Reports/RAD Updates
Job Placements – make sure to report
these
o Job Retention Follow-ups
o Quarterly Narrative Report due April 15
o
Grantee Updates
Let us know what is happening with your
MSESP project
Next Grantee Webinar
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
10:00 AM