Stakeholder Collaboration to Close the Technical

Transcript:Stakeholder Collaboration to Close the Technical:
Stakeholder Collaboration to Close the Technical Skills Gap Briefing by Neil Reddy, Executive Director AIST Foundation University-Industry Relations Roundtable MSSC: industry-led non-profit national certifying body with 700+ Authorized Assessment Centers in 44 states Work and worker standards, curricula, assessments and certifications for the core technical competencies of front-line industrial jobs Applicable to all front-line production jobs (6 million) Applicable to all front-line material handling and distribution jobs (5.3 million) Applicable to a broad population of: students, unemployed, under-utilized, career-changers, displaced & incumbent workers, and veterans Gold Standard 2 1998: Recognized by the federally created U.S. National Skill Standards Board (NSSB) as the “Voluntary Partnership” for all of manufacturing Responsible under National Skill Standards Act for developing industry-led standards, assessments and certifications for front-line workers (entry-level through front-line supervisor) 2001: NSSB formally endorsed MSSC national standards. Standards development involved 700 companies, 4000 front-line workers, 300 experts, $9 million public & private funds MSSC Background 3 ANSI ISO Standard 17024 Accreditation (Dec 2011) for both CPT and CLT. Only U.S. Certification body with ISO 17024 for manufacturing and logistics. Adopted by US DOL, US DOEd, US DOD, Job Corps, VA, Federal Prison System Only Partner in the NAM-Endorsed Skill Certification System to receive two NAM endorsements CPT (2009) and CLT (2011) “Overcoming the Manufacturing Skills Gap” Toolkit-NAM Taskforce on Competitiveness & the Workforce—Jay Timmons, President of NAM, and by Doug Oberhelman, Chair and CEO, Caterpillar and Chair of NAM Board Background – cont’d 4 Prepare the technologically-savvy, agile Industrial Athlete of the Future MSSC Pipeline & Skills Deficit Solution 5 Focus: Core competencies needed for agile, multi-disciplinary worker using more technology, more quickly Deploy system of training, assessment and certification – based on industry-led, validated MSSC standards Example: Successful ASE (Automotive Service Excellence) certification – the standard for automotive repair technicians MSSC Strategy 6 Critical Work Functions of Production Safety Quality Practices & Measurement Manufacturing Processes & Production Maintenance Awareness Green Production Certified Logistics Associate (Foundational) Global supply chain life cycle, basic terminology, safety, quality, equipment, behavior, teamwork, communication, computers Certified Logistics Technician (Mid-technical) Receiving, storing, ordering, packaging, shipping, inventory control, transportation modes, dispatch, tracking, measurement, metric conversion Core Competencies 7 Modular courses provided both in a blended learning mode (half instructor-led, half e-learning) or fully online (instructor mentored) MSSC e-learning: computer-based simulation, multimedia, interactive E-Learning Demo: CPT CLT Course Length 35-45 hours for each CPT Module 28 hours for each CLT