1. Florida TRADE Grant Program Orientation

2. $ 15 million grant awarded by the DOL 12 colleges throughout Florida Florida TRADE’s mission is to develop and deliver accelerated training programs that upon completion would allow program participants to: 1. Upgrade current skills and knowledge 2. Learn new skills 3. Gain industry-recognized technical certifications 4. Earn academic credits toward college degrees 5. Procure employment Advanced Manufacturing: Technology Based Manufacturing:The making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale.

4.  Students seeking a career  Workers that have lost their jobs  Workers who may be at risk of job loss  Workers needing to update or increase skills  Veterans returning from service

5.  Certifications that help obtain a college degree  Short-term training targeted to high-demand jobs  Free career counseling and mentoring  Free job and internship placement services

6.  Why should you get certificate training rather than a 4-year degree? Why should you get certificate training rather than a 4-year degree?

9.  Offered at PHSC: -CPT, Drafting and Design, Welding and AutoCAD

10.  Certified Production Technician  80 to 96 Hours  Four Modules ◦ Safety ◦ Quality Practices and Measurement ◦ Manufacturing Processes and Production ◦ Maintenance Awareness  Articulates to15 college credits towards the A.S. in Engineering Technology  $1,100- includes tuition, books, fees and assessments  CPT Website CPT Website

11.  Manufacturing Changes Lives Manufacturing Changes Lives Why Manufacturing?

12. PHSCConsortium Manufacturing Partners35200 Students Enrolled781152 Program Completers17381

13. -Over 425 manufacturers in Pasco and Hernando alone -Florida is the 4 th largest manufacturing state in the U.S. in terms of establishments and 12 th largest by employment. -On average, manufacturing jobs pay $10,000 more than the average annual wage of other non-farm jobs in Florida. Manufacturing- $52,378Other- $42,312

14.  Florida manufacturers employ almost 329,000 people  As of May 2013, over 3,800 unfilled manufacturing jobs open in the Tampa Bay area  On average, receive greater benefits than workers in other industries  Websites: -fltrade.org -phsc.edu/floridatrade

15.  Accuform Signs  Airdyne Aerospace  Alumi Guard  AME International  Anexa Biomedical  Anvil Works  Bauer Foundation Corporation  C-5 Biotechnologies  Chasco Machine & Manufacturing  Clark Dietrich Building Systems  Creative Inst. Of Dental Arts  Custom Windows & Doors of Pasco  DC Morrision Inc-Designer Golf Co.  DC Morrision Inc- Furnishings  DC Morrision Inc- Site Essentials Co.  Earth Works  Joni Industries  L & S Custom Coaches  LifeBack Enterprises  Lifeline Medical  Manufacturers Distrabutor  Manzi Metals  Mary Lame Wrought Iron & Aluminum  MicroMatic  Orbital Corp  Petersen Metals  Pharmaworks  R & D Reps  Rochester Electro-Medical  SmartScience Laboratories  Sparton Electronics  Southeast Bottling and Beverage  Thunderbolt International  VLOC  Web Direct Brands

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