Advanced Manufacturing
Partnership: AMP 2.0
November 18, 2014
Minding the Gap
Investing in a Skilled Manufacturing Workforce
Harper College Fast Facts
Enrollment (Unduplicated Headcount):
• Credit: 26,441
• Noncredit: 7,554
Faculty:
• 200 full time
• Approximately 653 part time
Programs Offered:
• 8 Associate/Transfer Degree Programs
• 41 Associate of Applied Science Degrees
• 111 Certificate Programs
Campus Size:
• 200 acres, 24 buildings, 2 extension sites
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Presenter
Dr. Maria Coons – Vice President
Workforce & Strategic Alliances
Harper’s Program
Manufacturing Task Force
Secondary School
Economic Development
Manufacturers
Advanced
Manufacturing
Program
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Advanced Manufacturing
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Advanced Manufacturing
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resources
Illinois
Leader in manufacturing
34 manufacturers
in top 500
$97 billion
to economy
Need
30,000
job openings
$29 per hour
average pay
$25k-$90k
salary range
Pathway
Additional Partners
PLA Experts
Trade Associations
Local Workforce
Boards
Other
Grantees
Marketing Experts
AMP History
• June 2011:
Ensuring American Leadership in Advanced
Manufacturing
• Presidents Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology (PCAST)
AMP Powerful Partnerships
AMP 1.0
• 16 recommendations
"aimed at reinventing manufacturing in a way that
ensures U.S. competitiveness, feeds into the
nation's innovation economy, and invigorates the
domestic manufacturing base."
AMP 1.0
Three Pillars
Enable innovation
Secure the Talent Pipeline
Improve Business Climate
AMP 1.0
Actions:
 Expanded investments in applied research for
emerging, cross-cutting manufacturing
technologies
• 4 manufacturing innovation institutes with more on
the way (National Network for Manufacturing
Innovation—NNMI)
Additive Manufacturing (Youngstown, OH)
Next Generation Power Electronics (Raleigh, NC)
Digital Manufacturing & Design (Chicago, IL)
Lightweight & Modern Metals (Detroit, MI)
AMP 1.0
Actions:
 $1 billion to upgrade our
community colleges to train
workers for advanced
manufacturing jobs
 deploy the talent of returning
veterans to in-demand jobs,
including in advanced
manufacturing
AMP 2.0
Formed 5 Work Teams:
1. Transformative Manufacturing Technologies
2. Workforce Education & Training
3. NNMIs
4. Scale-Up
5. Manufacturing Image & Outreach
AMP 2.0
Make-up of the Work Teams:
• Large research universities
• Manufacturers
• Community colleges
• Trade associations
Convened regional meetings
AMP 2.0
Workforce Education & Training
Four Areas:
• Pathways
• Stackable Credentials
• Apprenticeship
• Veterans
AMP 2.0
Workforce Education & Training
Incent private investment in the implementation
of a system of nationally recognized, portable,
and stackable skill certifications that employers
utilize in hiring and promotion.
AMP 2.0
Workforce Education & Training
Make the development of online training and
accreditation programs eligible to receive
federal support, for example through federal
jobs training programs.
AMP 2.0
Workforce Education & Training
Curate the documents, toolkits and playbooks
that have been created by AMP2.0 to further
scale and replicate these important talent
development opportunities, via the
Manufacturing Institute.
AMP 2.0
Workforce Education & Training
• Expand Effective Workforce Development
Strategies through the $100 Million American
Apprenticeships grant competition
– This fall, the Department of Labor will launch a
$100 Million American Apprenticeships Grant
• “How to Guide”
AMP 2.0
Workforce Education & Training
• Veterans in Manufacturing Playbook
 Veterans
 Colleges/Universities
 Employers
AMP 2.0
Workforce Education & Training / Image
• Communicating the Value of Careers in
Manufacturing to America’s Youth
– Manufacturing Day attracted more than 50,000
visitors to over 1,600 factories (Department of
Commerce)
– A national campaign to promote the value of
career and technical education (Department of
Education)
AMP 2.0
Other Recommendations
Infrastructure to support the innovation
pipeline
 Create Manufacturing Centers of Excellence
(MCEs)
 Create Manufacturing Technology Testbeds
(MTTs)
 Expand NNMIs
 Develop industry standards for key systems
AMP 2.0
Other Recommendations
Governance
 Create governance structure for NNMIs
 Create Advanced Manufacturing Advisory
Consortium (input on research &
development)
AMP 2.0
Other Recommendations
Scale‐up small/medium enterprises
 Improve access to capital through the
creation of a public‐private scale‐up
investment fund
 Improve information flow between
strategic partners
 Use tax incentives to foster manufacturing
investments
Any
Questions?
Thank You!
Maria Coons
mcoons@harpercollege.edu