Erie Community College, State University of New York

Metalforming Job Seeker Tips for Students

The Precision Metalforming Association recently conducted an informal survey of human-resources managers of metalforming companies to learn what they look for in entry-level job applicants.

The results were incorporated into our new Job Seeker Tips from the Precision Metalforming Association. Please follow this link to download the PDF:
http://www.pmaef.org/docs/JobSeekerTips.pdf

This provides helpful tips for entering the workforce and also introduces PMA's new online job center dedicated exclusively to the metalforming industry.

As a metalworking educator, you are encouraged to distribute this to students in any way you see fit. You can even post it on any relevant websites.

If you have any questions, contact Peter Fuduric (Publishing & Communications Coordinator) of PMA | MetalForming at Tel: 216.901.8800 ext. 171 / Fax: 216.901.9669 / www.metalformingmagazine.com.

It's Here:

MetalForming's new online job center connects job seekers and employers in the metalforming industry.

Job Seekers:

• Search jobs nationwide by location, category and keywords
• Post your resume for free
• Sign up to receive personalized job alerts by e-mail
• Get information on upcoming PMA seminars, events and industry news

Employers:

• Syndicate your job postings in MetalForming's print classifieds and e-newsletters for maximum reach
• Browse and purchase resumes of job seekers in the industry
• Manage and edit your postings 24/7
• PMA members save on job postings and resume purchases

For more information, contact:

• Pete Fuduric at (216) 901-8800 or pfuduric@pma.org 
• www.metalformingmagazine.com/jobs

Press Release
Precision Metal Forming Association $5,000 Grant
for High School Students

Adopt a School Model
Alliance and Academic Pathways Committee

Potential CNC Employees and the January 09 15-Week CNC Program
Richard Washousky, Associate VP for Academic Affairs

If you have interviewed potential employees who lack machining/manufacturing skills for hiring, please send the individual to Paul Goodrich to enroll in the 15-week program that starts in mid January. This gives all of us an opportunity to try to train and provide our partners with individuals with basic core machining/manufacturing skills.

Career Industry Campaign
Letter from Richard Washousky, Associate VP for Academic Affairs

Dear Alliance Member or Interested Individual/Manufacturer:

ECC now has 71 active students in the IT program, with 47 registered this semester. This equates to an enrollment growth of over 200% over the past two years. This Public/Private/Partnership, your PPC Alliance with ECC is paying off and we are seeing more and more students getting into the machining/manufacturing technician academic curriculum. Whether it is real or perceived, the metaphor "build it and they will come" is our reality. Our Machining/Manufacturing Lab is awaiting the arrival of the new $85,895 Haas entrusted TL -15 for the lab. The one-semester, 15-week academic program to employment is full, both day and evening sections; and we are preparing to roll out your second Summer Machining/Manufacturing Institute for 2006.

However, our efforts must continue, and I need your help. I believe that your community college can help to resurrect the career industry for machining and manufacturing. We can provide students with a quality education that is student centered and focused on academic excellence and is accessible, responsive, and financially affordable.

As we look forward to 2006 and the dollars it will take to continue these efforts, I am reaching out to each of you in requesting your support towards the $100,000 campaign for our 2006 goals. Our letter, brochure, fast facts card show it is our intention to use these dollars to train 75 individuals for manufacturing positions, provide 15 students with paid internships in the Summer of 2006 (student application packet), continue our job fairs, and increase companies from this career field in the Alliance. Looking at this simplistically, if we could secure $2,100 from 50 companies, our goals would be reached. I need your support and your money for this effort.

The visions and missions of the college, "the hallmarks of education", are built on community partnerships and the alliances we foster. Please forward scholarship funds to my attention. Your participation would be greatly appreciated and would help us to accomplish the goals of our alliance.

Sincerely,
Richard Washousky
Associate Vice President - Academic Affairs
ECC - South Campus
4041 Southwestern Boulevard / Orchard Park, NY 14127

Integrated Systems Technology Presentation at South Campus

Gary Rockis, consultant, National Center for Integrated Systems Technology, leads a discussion at South Campus

Members of the Western New York Manufacturing Alliance, representatives from workforce development agencies, area educators and Erie Community College officials gathered at ECC's South Campus on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 for a well received presentation on Integrated Systems Technology by Gary Rockis.

Integrated Systems Technology is the integration of manufacturing hardware and software to enable automation. Individuals with IST skills operate, troubleshoot and maintain the high-tech automated equipment found in today's industrial environments. Rockis, a consultant to the National Center for Integrated Systems Technology (NCIST) at Illinois State University, also discussed President George Bush's High Growth Job Training Initiative for Advanced Manufacturing and the President's Community-Based Job Training Grant. The NCIST was established in 2002 as part of a $30 million grant funded primarily by the United States Department of Labor. Working with staff from the NCIST as well as with Assistant Secretary Emily Stover DeRocco and her staff at the Department of Labor, Rockis engages in direct collaboration with partners interested in promoting the development of a skilled workforce.

These partnerships include manufacturers seeking skilled employees, state workforce development departments and economic development agencies interested in our nation remaining competitive in a global economy, One-Stop Centers providing intake and determining eligibility for client entrance into training programs and community colleges offering advanced manufacturing programs.

After the presentation, a core group met to discuss the next step which is to canvas manufacturers with questions as to what they feel would be most needed in this Center.

Machinist Job Availability in North America

There are currently 35,000 job openings for machinists in North America according to a recent NTMA News Release - Click here to view.

Alliance Mission Statement:

Working to ensure your company’s future success by educating your future workforce

Alliance Goals:

- to prepare students and other job seekers to meet the needs of the region's manufacturing industry
- to create an alliance between the needs of employers and the supply of available skilled workers
- to attract skilled workers into manufacturing companies and provide a career pathway into education and employment for students

For Information about joining the alliance, contact: