MSESP Grantee Webinar
October 2, 2012
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
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 Balsimo
jeromeb@bgafoundation.org
612-466-4515
Minnesota Green!
Project Partners
Agencies
Employers
• Anoka County Workforce Center
•E.J. Ajax & Sons, Inc.
• Anoka-Ramsey Community
College
•Delta
• Anoka County Chamber of
Commerce
• HIRED
• St. Paul Community College
•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:
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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 Update
Plan 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
Grantee
Expenditures
$4,868,394
(awarded)
203
$3,803,000
$2,565,595
(August expenditures)
Participant Progression
83
86
1,641
1,113
493
990
275
404
515
353
203
-146
Started Training
Completed
Education/Job
Training
Achieved
Received
Credential
Placed in Job
Training Related
Job
Remain
Employed
Needed to Hit Target
Grantee Presentation – WDI
Trades Academy to
Apprenticeship Pathway
Becky Thofson
Workforce Development, Inc.
MSESP Webinar
October 2, 2012
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.
2.
3.
4.
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.
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 Thofson
Workforce Development, Inc.
bthofson@wfdi.ws
507-259-5209
RAD Updates
o Retention Report
o Poll – Have you used the Retention Report to help with follow-ups?
o Exit Reason Exception
o Poll – Have you used the Exit Reason Exception with any of your
participants?
o Make 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 Webinar
Tuesday, November 6
10:00 AM
Presenters:
RESOURCE
NE MN Office of Job Training/NE MN WIB