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 
Education: 9 
consortium institutions 
Career Site 
www.MfgWorksCO.com: 
Council for Adult & 
Experiential Learning 
(CAEL) 
Industry: 28 employers 
& the Colorado 
Advanced 
Manufacturing Alliance
High 
growth 
field 
Advanced 
Manufacturing 
Career Action 
Tools 
Employers 
need more 
skilled 
workers 
Schools 
offer great 
programs 
People 
need good 
education 
People 
want great 
careers
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
Ways to Leverage 
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, cont 
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
Still to come 
Training 
Toolkit 
Updates and 
enhancements 
Website 
tutorial 
Video 
PR plan
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 
ttribution 4.0 International License. Based on a 
work created under the Department of Labor, 
TAACCCT3 grant, permissions beyond the sco 
pe of this license may be available at www.ccc 
s.edu/CHAMP.

CHAMP Colorado Career Action Tools Website Webinar October 2014

  • 1.
  • 2.
    Purpose and Goalsfor Today • Announce www.MfgWorksCO.com • Learn why and how we got here • Foster familiarity with the website and tools • How to leverage
  • 3.
    Colorado Helps Advanced Manufacturing Program (CHAMP) Workforce: Colorado Workforce Development Council & Colorado Department of Labor and Employment House Bill 1165 Education: 9 consortium institutions Career Site www.MfgWorksCO.com: Council for Adult & Experiential Learning (CAEL) Industry: 28 employers & the Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance
  • 4.
    High growth field Advanced Manufacturing Career Action Tools Employers need more skilled workers Schools offer great programs People need good education People want great careers
  • 5.
    Visioning Interviews IA/DesignDevelopment CWG: Employers, Educators, CWDC, Manufacturers Edge, 1165
  • 6.
    I want tounderstand 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
  • 7.
  • 8.
    Ways to Leverage 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
  • 9.
    Ways to Leverage,cont 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
  • 10.
    Still to come Training Toolkit Updates and enhancements Website tutorial Video PR plan
  • 11.
    Questions? Comments? BitsyCohn Credit for Prior Learning Director, Colorado Community College System Bitsy.Cohn@cccs.edu
  • 12.
    This Workforce Solution,presentation by Bitsy Cohn is licensed under a Creative Commons A ttribution 4.0 International License. Based on a work created under the Department of Labor, TAACCCT3 grant, permissions beyond the sco pe of this license may be available at www.ccc s.edu/CHAMP.

Editor's Notes

  • #2 COCareer Action Tools.com
  • #3 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
  • #4 Graphic on parties with vested interest in the website
  • #5 Advanced Manufacturing Career Action Tools
  • #6 Development process
  • #7 Evaluation of the user audiences
  • #8 COCareerActionTools.com MfgWorksCO.com Demonstration
  • #11 Plans for the future