Transcript NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE BIOTECHNOLOGY WORKFORCE

2007 Governor’s Conference
on
Workforce Development
August 28, 2007
Gary M. Green
President
Technology, Innovation and Workforce
“Technology allows businesses to
innovate”
Innovation with a Southern Accent,
Southern Growth Policies Board, 2006
The knowledge workforce applies the
technology that allows businesses to
innovate
Winston-Salem: Labor Surplus/Shortage
• Labor surplus with limited skills from
apparel, textiles, furniture, and tobacco
– -63.3% of apparel jobs
– -48.3% of textile jobs
– -25.3% of tobacco manufacturing jobs
– -16.6% of furniture jobs
• Advanced skill shortage in innovation
and technology-based sectors
– +54.6% growth in clinical health jobs
– +48,000 biotech technicians needed
in NC by 2013
Workforce Challenges
• Uniting disparate elements of
education/workforce development
• Moving to a flexible, adaptive employerdriven system
• Building individual career ladders
• Expanding regional capacity
• Adapting to technology and globalization
• Developing community leadership
Textiles to Technology
Advanced and Emerging
Technologies
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Clinical Health
Information Technology
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology
Logistics/Supply Chain
Management
Biotechnology
College Center for Biotechnology
• BioWork Certified Training Course
– 128 hour biomanufacturing and bioprocessing program
• Short Courses and Certificates
– Biotechnology, chromatography, cell culture, flow cytometry,
recombinant DNA, tissue processing, aseptic technique, lab
animal handling
• Associate Degree in Biotechnology
– Lab or research technicians, quality control technicians,
biomanufacturing/ bioprocessing technicians
– Curriculum includes genetics, microbiology, bioprocess,
fermentation, cell culture, immunology, analytical chemistry,
statistics
Biotechnology
• College Center for Biotechnology
• Associate Degree Regional Collaborative
– 8 community colleges / 16 NC counties
– Commuter shed focus, rather than economic
development district
– 1+1 curriculum; first students at Forsyth Tech
in fall 2004
– Creating educational opportunities for
students and economic development
opportunities for communities
Biotechnology
• College Center for Biotechnology
• Associate Degree Regional Collaborative
• BioNetwork Pharmaceutical Training Center
– Joint Forsyth Tech/Guilford Tech management
– Piedmont Triad Research Park and CC facilities
– Statewide support for pharmaceutical
manufacturing
Biotechnology
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College Center for Biotechnology
Piedmont Triad Regional Collaborative
BioNetwork Pharmaceutical Training Center
National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce
– Forsyth Tech leads five-college consortium
– Model community college workforce training
curricula
– Skill standards for biotechnology industry
National Center for the Biotechnology Workforce
Biotech Development Model
National Curriculum
Dev and Best Practices
State Economic Dev and
Private Sector HR Dev
Regional Econ Dev and
Employment
Funding
Federal: DoL,
DoC, NSF, DoEd
State: Approp,
BioNetwork
Local: County,
private capital
Northwest NC
Workforce Dev
Board
Universities:
WSSU, UNCG
Forsyth Tech
Biotechnology
Initiative
CC Partners
NC State
Employment
Services
Employers
K-12
Policy Implications
• Seamless K-12/higher education/lifelong
learning system
• Economic change/cultural change
– Historical value of education
– Urban/rural – win/win
• Scalability
– Regional development: WIRED
– Regional development: SGPB and Southern
Innovation System
Thank you
Gary M. Green, President
2100 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
[email protected]
(336) 734-7201