Manufacturing Skill Standards Council Training, Assessment and Certification System

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Statewide Implementation Concept Manufacturing
Skill Standards CouncilTraining, Assessment and
Certification Systems For New Mexico J.L.
Martinez J. Holloway Ed.D January 2009

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MSSC Background

• 1998 Recognized by the federal National Skill
  Standards Board (NSSB) as the Voluntary
  Partnership for manufacturing
• Responsible under National Skill Standards Act
  for developing industry-led standards,
  assessments and certifications
• Uniquely applicable to all production
  occupations, entry-level through first line of
  supervision, in all manufacturing sectors
• 2001 NSSB formally endorsed MSSC standards.
  Standards development involved 700 companies,
  4000 front-line workers, 300 experts, 9 million
  public private funds

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MSSC Background contd.

• Link to Federal Resources
• -- MSSC Standards used as the basis for
  Department of Labors Advanced Manufacturing
  Competencies, now required for DOL/ETA funding
• -- MSSC Standards and Industry
  Certifications used as the basis for Perkins
  Manufacturing Career Cluster knowledge and
  skills, now required for DoED/OVAE funding
• 2001 to Present - MSSC built state-of-the-art,
  comprehensive system of training, assessment and
  certifications for production workforce
  Certified Production Technician (CPT)
• 2007 MSSC received DOL grant to develop
  analogous system for Certified Logistics
  Associate (CLA) and Certified Logistics
  Technician (CLT)

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MSSC Response to Skills Crisis

• Prepare the technologically-savvy, agile
  industrial athlete of the future

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MSSC Strategy

• Deploy nationwide system of training, assessment
  and certification--based on federally endorsed,
  industry-led, nationally validated MSSC standards
• Example Successful ASE (Automotive Service
  Excellence) certification-- the standard for
  automotive repair technicians
• Goal Build nationwide pool of MSSC-Certified
  Production Technicians (CPT), Certified
  Logistics Associates (CLA) and Certified
  Logistics Technicians (CLT)
• Focus Core competencies needed for flexible,
  multi-disciplinary worker using more technology
  to make crucial decisions more quickly.
  (Harcourt Assessments, 2007)

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MSSC CORE KNOWLEDGE SKILLS

• In the Four Critical Work Functions
• of Production

• Safety
• Quality Practices Measurement
• Manufacturing Processes
• Production
• Maintenance Awareness

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Based on Industry-LedMSSC Standards

• Comprehensive National standards for 4 Critical
  Work Functions include 41 Key Activities 206
  related Performance Indicators
• Technically Current 201 National Standards for
  Basic Technical Skills include Lean, SPC, TQM,
  Six Sigma, Plan-Do-Check-Act, ISO, blueprint
  reading, precision measurement tools, workflow
  planning and control, JIT, productivity
  measurement, total productive maintenance

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MSSC Courses Embed Academic Employability Skills

• Academic Math (Grade 9), English (Grade 10),
  Science, Computer Knowledge, Communications
• Employability Customer Awareness, Teamwork,
  Training Skills, Decision-making, Workplace
  Behavior

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Elements of MSSC System

• Standards Industry-led, federally recognized
• Individual Training (see following 2 slides)
• Assessment Center Certification Training
• Instructor Certification Training
• Glencoe McGraw-Hill/MSSC Textbook
• Assessments In the 4 Critical Work Functions of
  Production
• Certificates For success in assessments

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Elements of MSSC System Training

• Integrated Course 140 hours, continuous study
  For Students in one academic year or summer
  semester
• Modular Courses Four 35-40 hours, 1 high school
  credit equivalent, one assessment at end of each
  course. For Students in semesters or multiple
  academic years
• Fast Track Course Four 15-18 hours, one
  assessment at end of each course. For
  Experienced incumbent workers. (Not available to
  high schools)

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Elements of MSSC System Course Delivery

• Integrated and Modular courses provided in a
  blended learning mode half instructor led,
  half through online simulations
• Fast Track courses provided fully on-line
• E-learning demo
• E-learning pluses cuts need for capital
  equipment for training, provides easier access
  for more trainees, builds computer skills

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MSSC Assessments Certificates

• Four Assessments
• Safety
• Quality Practices Measurement
• Manufacturing Processes Production
• Maintenance Awareness
• Recognition
• Certificates for each assessment passed
• Full MSSC Certification when all 4 are passed

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Value Proposition Workers and Students

• Offers only national, industry-recognized core
  skill certifications for production workers
• Improves career advancement opportunities and
  earnings by obtaining high-performance skills
  through MSSC training
• Improves job security through certification of
  proven skill sets
• Provides nationally-portable credentials offering
  flexibility to work successfully in all
  manufacturing sectors and all production
  occupations
• Strengthens student opportunity for both
  employment and career pathways in advanced,
  high-performance manufacturing
• Serves as motivation for students to remain in
  school, increasing opportunities to reduce school
  drop-out rates

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Value Proposition - Industry

• Offers a pipeline of skilled workers by embedding
  MSSC certification training into the schools
• Decreases recruitment costs by providing job
  candidates with industry-recognized credentials
• Eliminates company remedial training costs
• Serves to attract, motivate, and retain qualified
  employees
• Provides agile workers capable of keeping pace
  with technological change
• Increases training ROI by targeting to skill gaps
  benchmarked against national standards

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Some MSSC User Companies

• Able Industrial Products    
• Advanced Innovations West
• Argonne Industrial
• Artic Cat
• Baxter Health Care
• Bell Helicopter
• Caterpillar    
• Cliffstar
• Cummins

• Core-Mark International
• Dayton Rogers
• Dow Chemical
• Federal Tool Engineering
• Ford-UAW
• Gerber
• Globe Plastics
• Harley-Davidson
• ITW Heartland 

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Some MSSC User Companies Contd.

• Schlosser Forge Co.
• Scotia Industrial   
• Southwire
• Steelscape       
• The HON Company
• Tropicana
• Tysons Food
• Vista Metals
• Visteon
• Vought Aircraft
• Vulcan

• Lockheed Martin
• Los Alamos National Lab
• Machinewell
• Masterlock
• Milwaukee Gear
• OEM Company      
• Pratt Whitney
• Raytheon
• Sandia National Labs

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MSSC Progress Report

• Currency Standards updated March-August 07 to
  reflect todays advanced mfg. skill needs.
  Courses and assessments aligned with standards
• New assessments launched in April 2008
• Infrastructure 150 certified teachers, 110
  MSSC certified assessment centers, and 1000 HS
  assessments sites (through 2008 NOCTI agreement)
• Delivery 8000 assessments, 4000 certifications
• Currently in 23 states
• Funded Projects CA, CO, FL, IN, IL, MI, MN, NM,
  TX, VA, WI

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MSSC Value Proposition - NM

• Promptly increase the number of students
  qualified for high skilled/high wage advanced
  manufacturing and supply chain logistics jobs
• Use job-related certificates as an incentive for
  students to remain in school and not drop out
• Use MSSC computer simulation-based training to
  make tech ed more available to more students,
  including in rural areas
• Use pool of nationally certified workers to
  attract investment by both manufacturing and
  supply chain logistics companies
• Contribute to state economic development and
  growth

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NM MSSC Pilot Underway

• Interagency collaborative Departments of
  Workforce Solutions, Higher Education, Public
  Education, Children Youth Family Services,
  Economic Development
• Initial funding through Department of Workforce
  Solutions, Secretary Sparrow Doris
• Pilot launch through Juvenile Justice System _at_
  LifeQuest Academy w/options for parolees and as
  condition of probation AY08-09
• Instructor training _at_ CNM Workforce Training
  Center, 10-12 September 2008

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NM MSSC Pilot contd.

• Follow-on sites to include two NM High Schools
  (not yet named) and two NM Community Colleges
• Recruit Youth Diagnostic Development Center
  (YDDC) students (9-10/08)
• Develop local industry partnership for
  internships and jobs
• Socialize/advertise HS program as ED tool
  w/regional and rural business community
  (9-10/08) encourage participation, mentorship,
  internship
• Recruit HS students (10/08)
• Review results of YDDC first semester academic
  achievement, determine need for MSSC Prep Course

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Following Pilot MSSC Statewide Implementation
Goals

• 2000 high school students per year
• 90 school districts
• 150 Jr. college students
• 6 regional training centers
• Under 750k per year while building
  infrastructure of MSSC-Certified Instructors and
  Assessment Sites
• 500k re-occuring. 

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Potential Resources for Implementation

• New Perkin-Elmer Grant from U.S. Department of ED
• DWS Post-pilot Funding
• WIRED Grant
• Added Funds from State Legislature
• Governors Discretionary Fund (?)
• Added Perkins funds from U.S. Department of ED
  for Career Clusters in Manufacturing and
  Warehousing Distribution Pathway Under
  Transportation and Logistics Cluster
• U.S. DOL/ETA RFPs (Fall 2008) under Advanced
  Manufacturing High Growth Jobs Training and
  Community-based Jobs Initiative