matching workforce skills with employer needs now & into the future in southeast utah
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Debbie Hatt, Executive Director
Matching Workforce Skills with Employer
Needs Now and in the Future
A little about S.E. Utah
Total Square Miles
17,574 (21% of the entire state)
Total Population
2010 56,350
2015* 56,137
*U.S. Census Bureau-2015 Population Estimates
Historical Employment Sectors
Mining (All mineral & energy resources)
Power Generation
Transportation/Warehousing Machining/Welding
Construction (Primarily public & commercial)
Travel/Tourism
Source: Utah Department of Workforce Services
Future Employment Sectors Mining (Primarily gas/oil, potash)
Health Care
Supply Chain Management & Transportation
Education (Secondary & higher ed)
Engineering (Electrical, chemical, environmental, civil)
IT/Computer (security, robotics, instruments & controls, general programing & coding)
Source: Workforce Study-Zions Public Finance, Inc. & the SEUEDD
Employment/Workforce Gap
Training/Education Resources University of Utah-Eastern
2, 4 year and graduate degrees
Workforce development & Training (So. Ea. Utah’s ATC)
Custom Fit trainingShort Term Intensive Training (STIT)
Utah’s STEM Program: business and corporations are involved now more
than ever, and partners like Adobe, Nelson Laboratories, Utah Technology Council, ATK, Merit Medical, Goldman Sachs and IM Flash have a voice in how to reach students, parents, educators and the community.
Training/Education Partners Small Business Development Centers
Business Expansion and Retention Programs
County Economic Development Offices
Department of Workforce Services
Southeastern Utah Economic Development District
Non Traditional Education Custom Fit Training
− Quickly adapted to employer needs− Courses can be designed for specific
jobs− Flexible Scheduling− Employers can schedule multiple
training opportunities Machinists Diesel Mechanics Trucking Heavy Equipment Software Programs Training for state licensing/exams
Non Traditional Education Short Term Intensive Training
− Flaggers− CNA− Business Writing− Employee Relations− Lean Manufacturing
On-Line and Nested Education− Flexible training for workers− Allows workers to move from certificates
of completion to college and even graduate degrees as they’re able
Addressing Future Workforce Training Needs
The Workforce Training Study identified the medical/health sector as a growth industry for the region. Toward that end USU-Eastern is in the process of developing a major expansion of the Price Campus to include a new medical/health education department
USU Eastern Expansion (Price, UT Campus)− $12,000,000 Research and medical training
facility Nursing CNA Medical Assisting Pharmacy Tech Surgical Tech Radiology Tech Medical Lab Technology
USU Eastern Medical Facility 5 Acre Development Site
− 2 buildings for classrooms and labs, parking, maintenance facilities, offices, etc.
Funding will include− Private and Foundation Donations− State Funding− EDA Grant (up to $2,000,000− Rural Development Grant ($500,000)− Local Government Infrastructure Development
Students & Employees− 30 Additional employees (eventually)
Professors, assistances, administrative staff, ect.− Up to 500 additional students each year
Degrees: technical certificates to Masters in Nursing and Nursing Practitioners
To include eventual expansion of courses at the Blanding Campus
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Square Miles Square Miles 4,752 4,472 Population Population 9,646,924 10,370