Transcript Ensuring a Robust and Sustainable Aerospace Workforce

Ensuring a Robust and Sustainable
Aerospace Workforce:
From Machinists to Engineers
Dave Drugman, Honda Aircraft Company
Maureen Little, NC Community Colleges
Scott Dorney, NC Military Business Center
Anna Lea, NC Department of Commerce
Laura Spivey, NC Department of Commerce
Opportunities and Challenges
•Transitioning Military Workforce
•Identification of Transferrable Skills with Existing Workforce
•Identification of Regional Aerospace Trainer
•University System Partners
•Development of NC’s Aerospace Culture
•Deployment of a State SWOT Team
Transitioning Military Workforce
•16,000 skilled workers annually exiting
•Approximately 20% with aerospace/aviation-related skill sets
(2007 Commerce research)
•NC Military Business Center www.matchforce.org
•Supply vs. Demand
•Stay NC – Transition Assistance Program (TAP)
•Employer Days
•Job posting enhancements
•Development of Industry/National Certifications
•Applicable “Credit” toward Licensure, Diploma, AA Degree
Identification of Transferrable Skills with
Existing Workforce
•Golden LEAF Survey
•Assemblers
•Fabricators
•Machinists
•Electrical/Electronic Technicians
•Community Colleges and WF Development Boards
•Jobs NOW Program (Fabrication, Machining, Welding)
•Identification of potential companies within Aerospace Forum
•Profile Jobs
•Pre-Employment: Recruitment, Screening, Training
Assessment Centers
Simulated Work Environments
•Development of Industry/National Certifications
•Applicable “Credit” toward Licensure, Diploma, AA Degree
Success Stories
Curtiss Wright – Cleveland County
Partnership: Curtiss Wright, Cleveland CC, Region C WFD Board
Profiled Machinist Position
Career Readiness Certification Assessments
Pre-Employment Training
Honda Aircraft Company – Guilford County
Partnership: Honda Aircraft, Guilford Technical CC, and Guilford WFD Board
First Round Results: > 2400 Website Hits
474 Applicants Tested
156 Applicants with Skill Sets
79 Selected for Pre-Employment Training
19 Selected for Intense Training
Identification of Regional Aerospace Trainer
•Focus of Golden LEAF Efforts - $4.2 Million
•College of the Albemarle
•Craven Community College
•Guilford Technical Community College
•Lenoir Community College
•South Piedmont Community College
•Wayne Community College
•Identification of Existing Programs
•Aerostructure Manufacturing and Repair
•Aviation Electronics (Avionics) Technology
•Aviation Systems Technology
•Aerospace Manufacturing Readiness
•Composites Manufacturing
•Aerospace & Precision Manufacturing
Identification of Regional Aerospace Trainer
•Identification of Training Gaps
•CATIA
•AS9100
•Fabrication: Composites and Sheet Metal
•Others
•Development of Industry/National Certifications
•Applicable “Credit” toward Licensure, Diploma, AA Degree
•Through support of Golden LEAF, Craven CC has received FAA
Approval to offer an A & P Certification Prep to “Qualified”
Existing Military Personnel…Opportunity to replicate
across North Carolina
University Partners
•Golden LEAF Survey
•Aerospace, Electrical, Industrial, Materials, Mechanical, Software,
Systems Engineers
•Articulation Agreements
•Electrical Engineering Technology
•Electronics Engineering Technology
•Industrial Engineering Technology
•Industrial Systems Technology
•Reach NC
•Faculty Members – Instruction, Research and Development
•16 University System, Private Universities
•December 2011
•Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering – Rich Gould
Development of NC’s Aerospace Culture
•Connecting the “Feeder System”
•K-12
•Community Colleges
•University System
•Advertisement: NC Aviation and Aerospace: 1st in Flight
•Websites – Companies, Commerce, CC, University, etc.
•Bill Boards
•Success Stories
•Other
Deployment of State SWOT Team
•NC Department of Commerce
•NC Community Colleges
•University System
•NC Military Business Center
•NC Employment Security Commission
•Golden LEAF
•Local County Representation
•Aerospace Forum Members
•Others