2. Homegrown: Growing your own workforce
Shane Swenson, Business Partner Specialist
Terri Cordrey, Grant Manager
LAKE AREA TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
WATERTOWN, SD

3. Contact information
GRACO, Inc.
Jim Starzl, Manufacturing Engineer Tammy Wierenga, Human Resources

5. Minnesota Manufacturers Look for Personal Touch to Fill Jobs
Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 11, 2016
Graco actively promotes positions in the industry, encouraging more students to consider hands-on manufacturing careers, and was featured for creating employer-educator partnerships aimed at filling manufacturing jobs with highly-skilled employees.
Graco Manufacturing, Sioux Falls, SD
Graco Ranked No. 10 on the list of 15 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing and Production
Graco Ranked No. 19 on Best U.S. Manufacturers List

6. Alec learning while he is earning

7. TODAY’S PRESENTATION
LATI’s Learn Where You Earn Model
Planning Stage
Implementation
Lessons Learned

8. In the beginning....
Initiated by Round 4 TAA Grant – Transforming Education for Advanced Manufacturing (TEAM SD)
Marketing Campaign
Re-image Advanced Manufacturing
Leverage Businesses to Target High School Students
“Grow Your Own” Business Model
Upskill Entry Level Employees
Career Pathway Development
content/uploads/2016/07/CareerLadderPMv3.pdf

9. https://youtu.be/K_TCCsKPZxY

10. How do we make this work? Business Partner Specialist
Build Dakota Scholarship
Graco Tuition Reimbursement
Workforce Scholarships
Financial Aid
Registered Apprenticeships

11. Heads or tails?

12. What we learned Deadlines On Campus Visits Communication Flexibility
Persistence
“Surgeons of Steel”
100% placement rate in PM Industry
Precision Machining Grads average
$22.86/hour just six months after graduation.