The document outlines the steps to establish a sector partnership between employers and training providers to create a career pathway system for an industry. The steps include establishing a partnership with employers to determine priority areas and champions, building a strategy with deliverables and timelines by exploring existing programs and identifying target populations, and implementing programs established by partners while providing ongoing support and reviewing effectiveness. The goal is for the partnership to create an industry-approved training pathway system to help participants graduate with credentials for open positions in the industry.

6. University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment

9. • How do employers
want to work together?
• Establish priority
action areas
• Identify champions
Establish Sector
Partnership
• Determine deliverables
& timelines
• Explore programs and
resources, identify
target populations
• Add strategic partners
Build Strategy
• Deliver programs
established by partners
• Provide ongoing
support
• Review effectiveness
periodically
Implementation

10. Industry
Members
Strategic
Partners
Convener
Input
from
industry
Strategic Partners
created a training
pathway system
based on industry
needs
Career Pathway
System
GYFted
Program
Tree Care
Academy
Modules
INTERVIEW FOR OPEN
POSITIONS
Participants graduate with
industry-approved credentials
SOURCE: Collaborative Economics and The Woolsey Group, 2015
Tree Care
Industry
ClusterTraining Pathway
System