Hub Huddle: Finding workforce solutions with apprenticeships

Date and Time

Friday Jan 10, 2020
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CST

Starts: 9:00 AM
Ends: 10:30 AM

Location

Scott Community College (EICC) Urban Campus
Community Room
101 W 3rd St, Davenport, IA 52801
Davenport, IA 52801

101 W 3rd St. Davenport IA 52801

Fees/Admission

FREE to attend.

Contact Information

Lynn Friesth
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Description

Hub Huddles are an opportunity for manufacturing leaders to share, on a peer-to-peer basis, best practices for growth and strategies to overcoming challenges.

Finding workforce solutions with HS student registered apprenticeships

Presented by David Ottavianelli

Director, Strategic Projects - Labor Relations

John Deere

Recent feedback from companies interviewed as part of the Chamber's Business Connections visits reveals that 62 percent are experiencing recruitment issues. Of those employers, nearly half cite skilled labor shortages, including welders, CNC operators, CDL drivers, tool and die makers, among others.

Join us for the next Hub Huddle when David Ottavianelli, Director, Strategic Projects - Labor Relations at John Deere, discusses some innovative community-wide strategies to develop talent pipelines, including high school registered apprenticeship programs. Attendees can learn how to become a registered apprenticeship site host, including the top 10 questions businesses ask about them:

Can a student under the age of 18 work in a factory in these occupations?
Would a business expect to see their insurance coverage costs remain the same?
Do businesses get to select which students are assigned to their company?
Will the students be ready to add value to an organization?
Have the students been showing up on time?
What if things don?t work out. Can a business end the relationship?
Is it true that the business doesn't have an obligation to hire the apprentice for full time employment after completion of the program?
Is there a common process to handle pay rates?
Can this work in a union environment?
Is this type of program different from skills trade shop apprentice programs?

About our speaker:
David is currently working with local school districts to provide students with a variety of opportunities for them to excel upon graduation. He has spent most of his John Deere career in manufacturing roles at the Waterloo Tractor Operations and the East Moline Harvester plant. Prior to Deere, David served in the US Army as an Infantry Officer.

Time will be provided for Q & A and networking with other attendees.

This event is free to attend. Please register in advance.

**NOTE: Free on-street, two-hour parking is available in downtown Davenport, or there is free parking in the Redstone Ramp WITH THE ATTACHED PARKING PASS. CLICK FOR PARKING PASS This is valid in the Redstone Ramp/top level only. Individuals only need to fill in date/time along with license plate.**

This program is presented by the Quad Cities Chamber's Quad Cities Manufacturing Innovation Hub and the Defense Industry Adjustment Program.

Leading Organizations:

Acknowledgment:This content was prepared as part of the Illinois Defense Industry Adjustment Program, a partnership between the University of Illinois System, the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce, and the Voorhees Center at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), with financial support from the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA). It reflects the views of the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce and does not necessarily reflect the views of the OEA. For more information, please visit www.IllinoisDIA.org.