Title: Aligning NSF Advanced Technology Education (ATE) Center Programs with the Workforce System
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2Aligning NSF Advanced Technology Education (ATE)
Center Programs with the Workforce System
- NCATC 2008
- October 2, 2008
- Ken Smith Weld-Ed National Center
3NSF ATE Program Overview
- The National Science Foundations Advanced
Technological Education (ATE) program uses
educators from two-year colleges to lead
initiatives that improve the skills of
technicians and the educators who teach them. - The ATE program invigorates technician education
programs with competitive grants to innovative
educators who work at or in collaboration with
two-year colleges. - Public community and technical colleges provide
most of the postsecondary education available to
technicians in the United States.
4What are ATE Centers?
- ATE Centers have broad missions as change agents
in their fields. The centers, the flagships of
the ATE program, have strong connections with
regional and national employers of technicians. - The programs they develop with colleagues in
secondary schools, universities, and industry
serve as models that others can use to respond
more effectively to national, regional, and local
economic and educational challenges.
5The Advanced Technological Education program
- Delivers well-qualified technicians to the
workforce saving employers time and money - Influences changes in the hiring practices of key
industries - Improves STEM curricula and instruction at
community and technical colleges, and secondary
schools using current research - Saves school systems and higher education
institutions time and money revising curricula
and creating new programs for emerging
technologies - Encourages the participation of women and
underrepresented groups in STEM fields - Reaches out to middle school and high school
students to inform them of technical career
opportunities - Increases enrollments in mathematics and science
courses that prepare students for careers in
advanced technology fields - Works across disciplines to invigorate teaching
and address student recruitment and retention
6The Advanced Technological Education program
- Overall, the ATE program boosted the academic
momentum of technicians and the technological
know-how of the nation during a six-year survey
period by - Developing more than 5,000 different educational
materials that were aligned with workforce needs
and industry standards - Creating more than 2,000 two-year college
programs, 16,800 two-year college courses and
1,500 secondary school courses, 150 baccalaureate
programs and 800 courses, and 2,000 articulation
agreements - Offering programs at approximately 4,900
locations that reached 320,000 two-year college
students, 48,000 secondary school students, and
6,000 students at baccalaureate institutions - Providing professional development opportunities
to more than 80,000 educators
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8Weld-Ed History
- ATE project with Ohio State University
- Curriculum
- ATE Center planning grant
- Plan out need for, and operations of, the Center
- Industry participation and feedback
- ATE Center Proposal 0703018
9Weld-Ed Center Grant
- Initial four year grant
- 5,000,000
- Possibility for 3-4 year extension
- Reduced level of funding (50 of initial)
- Sustainability beyond NSF
- Business plan
- Projects
- Other sources of funding
- Industry associations
- Membership
10Weld-Ed Mission
- Vision
- Weld-Ed is a national partnership of colleges,
universities, professional societies, government,
and private industry committed to increasing the
number and quality of welding and materials
joining technicians to meet industry demand. - Mission
- Weld-Ed strives to improve the quality of
education and training services to address the
hiring and professional development needs of the
welding industry.
11Weld-Ed Partners
- Lorain County Community College - Lead
- Educational partner institutions
- Provide for dissemination of Weld-Ed educational
products and provide information to the center
from local business and educational contacts - Industry partners
- Other collaborators (NSF, national organizations)
12Educational Partners
- Grant years 1 through 4
- Ferris State University
- Pennsylvania College of Technology
- Texas State Technical College
- North Dakota Science College
- The Ohio State University
- Years 3 4
- An additional 4 colleges/universities will be
added
13Educational Partners(cont.)
- Partner criteria included
- current program makeup
- industries served
- degrees awarded
- affiliation and involvement with AWS
- potential for addressing industry needs
14Industry Partners
- Caterpillar
- Northrop-Grumman
- US Army / Marine Corp Aberdeen
- US Navy Joining Center
- Lockheed Martin
- Nelson Stud Welding
- Welding equipment manufacturers
- Others to be included as appropriate
15Industry Associations
- American Welding Society (AWS)
- WEMCO and RWMA groups of AWS
- National Council for Advanced Manufacturing
(NACFAM) - National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
- Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC)
16Other Collaborators
- NSF ATE Centers
- NCME manufacturing resources
- CAPT (Captech) processing industry
- CARCAM automotive manufacturing
- MatEd materials science
- SpaceTec aerospace technicians
- Additional Centers are linked as needed
- CORD (Center for Occupational Research and
Design) - NCATC (National Coalition of Advanced Technology
Centers) - American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
- League for Innovation in the Community College
17Weld-Ed Goals
- Goal 1 - Increase the number of welding
technicians to meet workforce needs. - traditional and non-traditional individuals
- Goal 2 - Make significant gains towards the
comprehensive reform of welding education. - Share best practices and curriculum
- Goal 3 - Enhanced faculty professional
development and continuing education. - Many welding educators are not degree holders
18Weld-Ed Goals continued
- Goal 4 - Ensure the effective and efficient
management of the Weld-Ed Center and operations.
Establish effective reporting and evaluation of
program objectives. - Goal 5 - Ensure the sustainability of Weld-Ed
and its operations beyond the NSF grant period.
19Challenges to the welding industry
- Turnover / retirements
- Even with automation, skilled welders still
needed (500,000 over the next 5 years) - Average age is 56
- Approximately 95 of all manufactured products
require some sort of welding / materials joining - Infrastructure growth will require more skilled
welders nuclear power plants
20Challenges to the welding industry
- Image problems
- Misconceptions about todays welding / materials
joining industry - Misconceptions about manufacturing in general
21Developed by Ernest Levert of Lockheed Martin
22What is a skill panel?
23Skill panels are
- A group of local individuals representing various
aspects of the workforce system - Industry representatives
- Educational representatives
- High schools/vocational schools
- Community colleges
- Economic development representatives
- Local WIB members
- Local government representatives
24Purpose of the Skill Panel
- The purpose of the skills panel is to gather
- forward industry workforce needs data.
- Weld-Ed focuses
- Welders
- Welding operators
- Welding technicians
- Welding Inspectors
- Welding engineers
25What are the differences?
- Advisory Boards
- Historical data
- Follows someone elses lead
- Guidance based
- Program focused
- Skill panels
- Forward data
- Members lead the discussion
- Activity based
- Industry focused
26National Weld-Ed Skill Panel Meeting 1
- The first meeting of the Weld-Ed National Skill
Panel occurred in Washington, DC at the National
Center for Higher Education on March 27, 2008. - The day long meeting resulted in a course of
action that the Skill Panel will follow a period
of 18 months. - The highlights of the meeting follows.
27Questions to be answered
- Identify short Term hiring needs of the welding
industry (up to 2 years). - Identify mid-term hiring needs of the welding
industry (3-6 years). - Identify long-term hiring needs of the welding
industry (7 years). - What impact are baby boomer retirements having on
the welding workforce?
28Questions to be answered
- What technological improvements or new
welding/material joining techniques will impact
future employment? - What technological advancements in welding
equipment will impact future employment? - What other factors will impact the future of the
welding and materials joining industry?
29Questions to be answered
- What other national trends will impact the
industry? - What domestic factors impact competitiveness in
the welding/materials joining industry? - What global factors impact competitiveness in the
welding/materials joining industry?
30Questions to be answered
- What role could economic development play in
improving the industrys competitiveness? - What role could government sponsored programs
such as those from the U.S. Department of Labor
play in improving competitiveness? - Have there been any educational programs offered
by colleges, universities, or equipment
manufacturers that have significantly impacted
your industry?
31How the informationwill be used
- The employment information that is gathered will
be analyzed and the identified needs will be
matched against existing welding and materials
joining courses and programs that are offered by
the education community. - The employment information will also be shared
with the educational community to create
awareness of the industrys need.
32How the informationwill be used
- The employment information will also be shared
with government and foundations to make them
aware of the needs of the industry. - New curricula that is needed will result in
Weld-Ed or one of its educational partners
seeking funds from NSF or other sources to
develop the curriculum.
33How the informationwill be used
- The economic development information will form
the basis for strategies for the economic
development/chamber of commerce community to
support the needs of the industry. - That information will also be used to help
facilitate and inform an on-going dialogue
between the industry and economic development
community.
34How the informationwill be used
- The information that is gathered about trends,
domestic and international factors that influence
competitiveness will be analyzed and used to
inform the industry, government and legislators
regarding positive and negative influences on the
industry. - It is hoped that this information will also form
the basis for on-going dialogues between AWS, the
industry, related associations, and appropriate
federal government agencies and Congress.
35How the informationwill be used
- The overall information will be used to form the
basis for the report on the State of the Welding
Industry in the United States. - The report will also include regional information
that will be gathered by the five regional skill
panels. - This effort will take 18 months starting from
March 08. - The national panel will meet two more times in
person as well as by conference call every 4-6
weeks. - We also anticipate breaking the Panel into
subcommittees to address some of the issues and
activities as we move through the Skill Panel
process.
36Industry Competency Models DOL
37Industry Competency Models DOL
- The panel will work with the staff to complete
the fourth and fifth tiers of the competency
pyramid (we will be a beta test group for this
activity). - We complete those tiers for three specific
occupations welders welding technicians and,
welding engineers. - We will also work to complete tiers 6, 7 and 8
which primarily address management related to the
three occupations with our university partners.
This will be done by completing a career ladder
lattice.
38Industry Competency Models - MSSC
39Industry Competency Models MSSC
- Fits into the fourth tier of the DOL competency
model. - Developed specifically for the manufacturing
industry. - Defines knowledge, skills, and performance needed
by frontline workers. - Standards reflect the needs of high- performance
best practice workplaces.
40Initial Research
- Weld-Ed Webinar Meeting
- May 29, 2008
41Factors to Consider
- Long-term demand for workers
- Short-term demand for workers
- Supply of trained workers
- Other considerations affecting balance
- Wages
- Retirements
- Industry image
- Availability of instructors
42Welding Occupations
- Welders
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
(51-4121) - Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters,
Operators, and Tenders (51-4122) - Welding Technicians
- Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters, All
Other (17-3029) - Welding Inspectors
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and
Weighers (51-9061.00) - Welding Engineers
- Materials Engineers (17-2131)
43Short-Term Projections
- Short-term projections have been derived from
information from the Job Central employment
database. - This database replaced Americas Job Bank and
is operated with funds from Fortune 1000
companies. - 47 of the 50 states have their employment
opportunities listed on this database as part of
their public workforce development system.
44Short-Term Projections
- The following jobs snapshot is from Job Central
on May 9, 2008 - Welders 5,500 listed on an average day, 950 new
jobs listed per week - Welding Technicians 440 listed on an average
day, 70 new jobs listed per week - Welding Inspectors 150 listed on an average
day, 20-25 new listings per week - Welding Engineer 365 listed on an average day,
60 new listings per week.
45National Long-term Outlook
- Welders (data for both welding occupations)
- Employment Growth of 5
- Projected Employment 484,100 by 2016
- Annual Average Openings 11,910 (due to growth and
replacement needs - Average Wage 16.00 per hour/ 33,00 annually
46National Long-term Outlook
- Engineering technicians, except drafters
- Employment Growth of 2
- Projected Employment 83,400 by 2016
- Annual Average Openings 1,760 (due to growth and
replacement needs - Average Wage 26.08 per hour/ 54,200 annually
- Estimated that Welding Technicians make up about
35 of the occupation
47National Long-term Outlook
- Welding Inspectors
- Negative Employment Growth of -7
- Projected Employment 456,800 by 2016
- Annual Average Openings 7,280 (due to growth and
replacement needs) - Average Wage 15.86 per hour/ 32,980 annually
48National Long-term Outlook
- Welding Engineers
- Employment Growth of 4
- Projected Employment 22,500 by 2016
- Annual Average Openings 590 (due to growth and
replacement needs - Average Wage 37.90 per hour/ 78,840 annually
49Short-term Outlook
- National short-term projections not available
- State short-term projections vary by
- Availability
- Time frame
- Industry vs. occupational
50Short and Mid-term Outlook
- Short-term outlook is best indicated by
observable factors - Planned economic development activity
- Industry growth/decline
- Planned infrastructure revitalization
- Natural disasters
51Welding Industry
- 2 out of 3 welding jobs or 66 are found in
Manufacturing - Fabricated Metal Product (232)
- Metal Working and Machinery (233)
- Transportation Equipment (236)
- Another 10 are found in Construction
- Specialty Trade Contractors (238)
52Supply of Trained Workers
- Welding Technologies Programs
- 692 Schools in 47 States reported
- 9658 program completers
- Apprenticeship Programs reported1890 completers
- Approximate total of 10,000 trained per year
53Supply/DemandComparison
- National openings over 12,000
- National program completers 10,000
- Programs in Welding Technologies also is part of
the supply for Welding Technicians and Inspectors
54Most Reported Program Completers
- Kentucky
- Washington
- California
- Illinois
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- Florida
- North Carolina
55Welding Skills Comparison
- Common and advanced types of welding
- Variety of materials
- Automated welding
- Cutting
- Brazing and Coating
- New technologies
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56Contact Information
- Ken Smith Weld-Ed PI/Center Director
- ksmith_at_lorainccc.edu
- 440-366-7027
- Robert Visdos Workforce Institute
- rvisdos_at_workforceinstitute.com
- 571-214-5239