COCareerActionTools.com MfgWorksCO.com

Purpose and Goals for Today

• Announce www.MfgWorksCO.com

• Learn why and how we got here

• Foster familiarity with the website and tools

• How to leverage

Colorado Helps

Advanced Manufacturing

Program

(CHAMP)

Workforce: Colorado Workforce Development

Council & Colorado Department of Labor

and Employment

House Bill 1165

Career Site www.MfgWorksCO.com:

Council for Adult & Experiential Learning

(CAEL)

Education: 9 consortium institutions

Industry: 28 employers & the Colorado

Advanced Manufacturing Alliance

Advanced Manufacturing Career Action

Tools

High growth

field

Employers need more

skilled workers

Schools offer great programs

People want great

careers

People need good education

Visioning Interviews

IA/Design Development

CWG: Employers, Educators, CWDC, Manufacturers Edge,

1165

I want to understand the

industry.

Detailed job descriptions

with salary information

would be helpful.

Show me how my

current skills will apply

in manufacturing.

Where are the

growth

opportunities?

Who are the employers?

Will they provide a

stable job?

What education and

training do I need?

What would be

helpful for the

user audiences?

Job Seekers

Veterans

Incumbent Workers

Advisors/Navigators

COCareerActionTools.com

MfgWorksCO.com

Demonstration

Educators/workforce centers

New tool for career exploration

Connect students or job seekers with valuable education &

career resources

Students/job seekers

Gain industry awareness

Learn more about education and

career possibilities

Start a career path or find a job

Ways to Leverage

Incumbent workers

Learn what skills are needed in

manufacturing

Understand the great

career opportunities

available

Industry Associations

Another great resource to

popularize the field

Help tell the story of today’s manufacturing

Employers

Industry and worker

exposure

Show employees the

growth possibilities

Ways to Leverage, cont

Still to come

Training

Toolkit

Website tutorial

PR plan

VideoUpdates and

enhancements

Questions? Comments?

Bitsy Cohn

Credit for Prior Learning Director,

Colorado Community College System

Bitsy.Cohn@cccs.edu

This Workforce Solution, presentation by Bitsy

Cohn is licensed under a Creative Commons A

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work created under the Department of Labor,

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pe of this license may be available at www.ccc

s.edu/CHAMP.