Organization Name Proposed Number Served Grant Description Partners Organization Name North Central Proposed # Unemployed The North Central and Central Mass Workforce Investment Boards Employment Links Massachusetts Served: 60 Career Center Partners Workforce Central Career Center have identified Advanced Manufacturing as a critical industry that Workforce Investment North Central Career Center needs better skilled workers in order to maintain its competitive Board Proposed # of Job Worcester Youth Center edge in the global economy. This project will prepare Placements: 54 Community Based Organization Lutheran Social Services of New un/underemployed individuals for jobs as machine operators, Cities: Gardner & Partners England machine inspectors and computer numerical control (CNC) Worcester Proposed # of Incumbent Martins Training Center, LLC machinists. Employer partners have said they need workers who Workers Served: NA Heat Trace Products, LLC Amount: $400,000 understand the new manufacturing environment, the advanced Lloyd & Bouvier Proposed # of Incumbent measurement tools, accountability for quality of product, Micron Products, Inc. Sector: Manufacturing Wage Increases: NA Ranor, Inc and team interaction. This project includes two Employer Partners C & C Metals, Inc. components. The first is a CNC Machinist Manufacturing Career Average Hourly Wage at SMC, Ltd. Preparation Program at Mount Wachusett Community College Placement: $13.94 Verne Q. Powell Flutes, Inc. that incorporates assessment of mechanical aptitude and curricula Eaton Corporation to improve deficits, Work Keys curricula to improve academic, Manufacturing Advancement Center communication and critical thinking skills, and concepts of Lean Other Partners Workforce Innovation Collaborative manufacturing. The second component is a CNC Machinist North Central Chamber of Commerce program at Mass Manufacturing Extension Partnership that Public Education Partner Worcester State University incorporates on-the-job training. All customers will receive case Mount Wachusett Community College Public Education Partner/Training Quinsigamond Community College management services, career readiness workshops, assistance Vendors Worcester Polytechnic Institute with job development and placement. Mass Manufacturing Extension Training Vendor Partnership Vocational Techincal High School Bay Path Regional Vocational Partner Technical High School Vocational Technical High School Worcester Public Schools Partner/Training Vendor Central Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board Workforce Investment Board Partner
Organization Name Proposed Number Served Grant Description Partners Organization Name North Central Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board Cities: Gardner & Worcester Amount: $400,000 Sector: Manufacturing Average Hourly Wage at Placement: $13.94 Proposed # Unemployed Served: 60 Proposed # of Job Placements: 54 Proposed # of Incumbent Workers Served: NA Proposed # of Incumbent Wage Increases: NA The North Central and Central Mass Workforce Investment Boards have identified Advanced Manufacturing as a critical industry that needs better skilled workers in order to maintain its competitive edge in the global economy. This project will prepare un/underemployed individuals for jobs as machine operators, machine inspectors and computer numerical control (CNC) machinists. Employer partners have said they need workers who understand the new manufacturing environment, the advanced measurement tools, accountability for quality of product, and team interaction. This project includes two components. The first is a CNC Machinist Manufacturing Career Preparation Program at Mount Wachusett Community College that incorporates assessment of mechanical aptitude and curricula to improve deficits, Work Keys curricula to improve academic, communication and critical thinking skills, and concepts of Lean manufacturing. The second component is a CNC Machinist program at Mass Manufacturing Extension Partnership that incorporates on-the-job training. All customers will receive case management services, career readiness workshops, assistance with job development and placement. Career Center Partners Employment Links Workforce Central Career Center North Central Career Center Community Based Organization Partners Worcester Youth Center Lutheran Social Services of New England Martins Training Center, LLC Employer Partners Heat Trace Products, LLC Lloyd & Bouvier Micron Products, Inc. Ranor, Inc C & C Metals, Inc. SMC, Ltd. Verne Q. Powell Flutes, Inc. Eaton Corporation Other Partners Manufacturing Advancement Center Workforce Innovation Collaborative North Central Chamber of Commerce Public Education Partner Worcester State University Public Education Partner/Training Vendors Mount Wachusett Community College Quinsigamond Community College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Training Vendor Mass Manufacturing Extension Partnership Vocational Techincal High School Partner Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School Vocational Technical High School Partner/Training Vendor Worcester Public Schools Workforce Investment Board Partner Central Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board