07-07-2015 - Technical Training Committee City of Edgewater E104 d N.Riverside Drive
Edgewater,FL 32132
T Meeting Minutes
Technical Training Committee
Tuesday,July 7,2015 8:00 AM Council Chambers
1. CALL TO ORDER
The City of Edgewater hosted a Southeast Volusia Technical Training Committee meeting to discuss
bringing a technical training program to the Daytona State College, South Campus; and to discuss
with local manufacturing companies, the skill sets needed to be taught as a part of a manufacturing
technical training program.
The meeting was called to order at 08:00 a.m.
Those in attendance were from: the City of Edgewater; New Smyrna Beach; Volusia County Council;
Daytona State College; Career Source Volusia/Flagler County; and local area businesses. Their
attendance and contact information is documented on the attached list.
2. DISCUSSION
Edgewater City Manager Tracey Barlow conducted introductions; thanked everyone for attending;
stated some of the topics he would like to see discussed by the group are: the possibility of
establishing a manufacturing, technical skills training program, to be taught at Daytona State
College, South; identifying the needed skill sets for training; identifying any limitations to courses
being taught at DSC, South; and to explore ways to overcome those limitations.
Mr. Barlow introduced Edgewater's Economic Development Coordinator Samantha Bishop to
facilitate the meeting.
Mrs. Bishop stated that the first part of the meeting would be a brainstorming session, with DSC and
manufacturing representatives to identify: workforce technical skills needed for entry level
employees; resources needed to teach those courses; and what support would be needed from the
community.
During the brainstorming session the committee discussed.-
Entry level skills sets; the training needed by individuals applying for work in the manufacturing
industry; and training designed for current manufacturing employees, as: sheet metal; CNC
operations; a specialized AutoCAD course based on manufacturing and civil engineering, not
residential; how to read blueprints; shop practices; precision measuring, and quality; shop safety
classes; EPA training; basic skills, such as how to use a tape measurer, and showing up for work on
time; understanding how to use basic tools; fiberglass finishing; basic electrical courses; and basic
welding.
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Resources and Support: Instructors teaching at business locations; the biggest commitment to
conducting courses being time by those involved in teaching and by those attending courses;
customized training; funding resources available from various sources, like Career Source
Volusia/Flagler County; identifying commonalities needed by the manufacturing industry for
individuals graduating from high school to transition to employment; DSC's current Certified
Production Technician (CPT) course, and customizing CPT modules to accommodate local
manufacturer's needs; the difficult tasks of filling certain career paths; needing to identify ways to
attract high school students; continuing workforce classes; organizing a focus group to identify
critical training needs; needing an industrial type of space for training certain modules; the need to
expand the facilities at DSC, South; the need for instructors to teach the manufacturing modules;
prior and current, area education demographics; transportation needs for attending classes outside
of Southeast Volusia County; the need to partner with local businesses for space and lab facilities for
the non-academic portion of training (hands on); thinking outside the box when scheduling class
times and days; being ahead of the curve in regards to training a better skilled workforce; struggling
to find good entry level employees and partnering with high schools, like New Smyrna Beach HS;
adding a training center to DSC, South; when to encourage, motivate, and identify high school
students for a career in manufacturing; the history of career academies, high student demand,
exclusivity, and kids not in career academies still being interested in a field of training; partnering
with local manufacturers to use their equipment for labs, such as CNC operators; on the job training,
job shadowing, internships, and various Career Source Volusia/Flagler funding resources; 60% of
hurdles being out of the way if the committee can identify the space to conduct the lab training
modules, and the subject matter experts, with industry credibility to teach the customized courses;
marketing and getting people to attend training courses; making it work, and reasons to offer various
course times and days to maximize attendance; having more variety to course schedules correlates to
a need for additional instructors; needing to know the student base to focus on when developing the
first customized CPT program of instruction and schedule; looking at similarity of needs between
aircraft manufacturing, auto repair and finishing, and composite construction and repair; students
not feeling like their career paths are limited,- employers providing part time jobs, or job sharing to
provide industry exposure to students; customizing the CPT model to create a course that covers the
similarities in industry sector knowledge classes, before attending their specific industry lab, then
followed by an internship; developing an assessment course to try and peak high school student
interest in the manufacturing career field marketing the course as a "manufacturing course" instead
of a CPT course, so perspective students can easily identify with the course; making sure the training
focuses on both new, and current employees who may want to switch to a career in manufacturing;
ways to promote the program; needing sponsorships, especially with the first few courses; exploring
what a new facility and course structure at DSC, South would look like to accommodate both current
and future needs; and partnering with the Volusia Manufacturing Association (VMA) to showcase
manufacturing, and Southeast Volusia County.
Resources:
•Daytona State College (DSC), South Campus for the academic portion of training
•City Manager Barlow pledged the use of the Council chambers for classes
•DSC CPT course, and the ability to customize modules
•NSB High School staff to gain perspective on student strengths, weaknesses, and training needs
•Career Source Volusia/Flagler funding sources
• Volusia Manufacturing Association (VMA)
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Next Step: The committee concurred that Edgewater Economic Development/Redevelopment
Coordinator Samantha Bishop would work with New Smyrna Beach, CRA/Economic Development
Director Tony Otte, and Daytona State College, Center for Business & Industry Director Frank
Mercer to: obtain feedback from NSB HS guidance counselors when developing the course of
instruction; investigate needed and available lab resources; liaison and collaborate with
manufacturers to determine what the specialized course would look like; what resources local
manufacturers can provide; and then schedule a follow-up In progress Review (IPR) meeting before
the end of the calendar year, to review project status and implementation plans.
3. ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 09:16 a.m.
Minutes submitted by:
Mitch Honaker
Deputy City Clerk
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