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- 1. Thursday, June 5, 2008 Roy Smith, Regional Workforce Development Coordinator Iron Range Resources/Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
- 2. Arrowhead Growth Alliance Private Sector Advisory Committee Result: Joint Regional Workforce Development Coordinator
- 3. Why Now?: The Economy Competition for skilled workers Increased demand for products and services Large Scale Projects on the horizon Renewed recognition of regional interdependence Retirements Decline in emerging workforce/ aging workforce
- 7. Source: MN Department of Employment & Economic Development and U.S. Census Bureau: Local Employment Dynamics (LED)
- 8. 75,000 Replacement Jobs Over the Next 10 Years, Not Counting
- 9. Mesaba Energy $2,000,000,000 Minnesota Steel Industries, LLC $1,650,000,000 Duluth Metals $ 800,000,000 Franconia Minerals Corp. $ 616,000,000 PolyMet Mining Corp $ 379,600,000 KeeTac $ 300,000,000 Mesabi Nugget, LLC $ 235,000,000 MN Power Boswell Energy Center $ 200,000,000 Laurentian Energy Authority $ 82,000,000 Taconite Harbor Energy Center & Laskin Energy $ 40,000,000 Northshore Mining Co. $ 22,000,000 Total $6,324,600,000 Opportunities on the Horizon
- 10. A New Iron Range A New Iron Range
- 11. STUDY PURPOSE 9 Development Projects
- 12. STUDY PURPOSE 4 Development Projects: MN Power Mn Steel Mesabi Nugget PolyMet
- 14. Life-long Employment vs Life-long Employability
- 15. Aerospace Taconite Pulp & Paper Power Generation Non-Ferrous Minerals Steel Production Vendors Transportation CORE SKILLS
- 16. A.A.S. Industrial Technology Mining Emphasis Power Generation Emphasis Process Specialist Emphasis Pulp and Paper Emphasis Maintenance Emphasis
- 17. Customized Training 50% of the workforce in 2025 are already in the workforce today 30% of our workforce is either un- or under- employed
- 18. Mission Statement Develop an organized, comprehensive, coordinated regional response to the development of the large projects
- 19. Leadership Team Strategy Team Projects Team Workforce Team Housing Team Community Resources and Readiness Team Opportunities Development Team
- 20. Strategy Team
- 21. Projects Team
- 22. Workforce Team
- 23. Housing Team
- 24. Community Resources and Readiness Team
- 26. Questions? Comments? Contact Information: Roy Smith [email_address] 218-744-7334
- 27. 油