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Kentucky Skills Network
Our Mission
Single Point of Contact
Josh Benton
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
Dr. Larry Ferguson
KCTCS
Workforce Solutions
Ben Haydon
Kentucky
Career Center
Mike Donta
Kentucky
Labor Cabinet
TEAM LEADERS
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
KCTCS
Workforce Solutions
Kentucky
Career Center
LOCAL TEAM OF EXPERTS
State Team
West Kentucky – Shelia Clark
Green River – Whitney Risley
Barren River – Jacqueline Adams
Lincoln Trail – Jim Skees
Greater Louisville – Rider Rodriguez
Cumberlands – Shirlene Taylor
EKCEP– Joyce Wilcox
TENCO– Jeremy Faulkner
Northern KY– Jason Ashbrook
Bluegrass – Jennifer Compton
Streamlined Resources
Recruitment &
Job Placement
Pre-
Apprenticeship
& Registered
Apprenticeship
Training
Labor Market
Information
Free Safety &
OSHA Training
Training
Incentives &
Customized
Training
Skill
Assessments
The Kentucky Skills Network
connects companies with
smart workforce solutions:
Through a team of business
service specialists, the
Kentucky Skills Network
partners with new and existing
companies to match employer
needs with available workforce
resources.
Unified Marketing & Performance Measuring
www.kentuckyskillsnetwork.com
Deliverables
1 – Recruitment & Job Placement
2 – Customized Training
3 – Training Incentives
4 - Workforce Pipeline Development
Recruitment & Job Placement
Skills AssessmentThe Kentucky Skills Network
strives to ensure the
Commonwealth’s employers
can find the right people with
the right skills.
02Labor Market
InformationOur team provides information about
population, labor force, commuting
patterns, employment and
unemployment rates, occupational
outlooks, industry projections and the
availability of workforce.
01
Kentucky Skills Network partner agencies facilitate
services to help companies find and train employees:
RecruitmentFor any business , the Kentucky
Skills Network provides a variety
of recruitment and job posting
services, all at no charge.
03
Customized Training
Programs
Through partner organizations the Kentucky Skills Network
administers customized training programs for new, expanding and
existing Kentucky companies:
OSHA & Safety
TrainingThe Kentucky Skills Network
strives to ensure the
Commonwealth’s workplace is
a safe and healthy environment
by providing free on-line OSHA
and safety training.
02
Workforce Solutions
KCTCS-TRAINSProviding workforce services to ensure companies have highly skilled, globally competitive employees
01
Training Incentive
Programs
Skills Training
Investment CreditAny business primarily engaged for 3
years in manufacturing; agricultural
processing; telecommunications;
product research and engineering;
health care ; mining; tourism; and
transportation
02
Through partner organizations the Kentucky Skills Network
administers training incentive programs for new, expanding and
existing industry:
Grant-in-Aid Any business primarily engaged
in manufacturing, service and
technology, public or non-profit
hospitals and training consortia.
01
Kentucky takes pride in creating a
WORLD CLASS WORKFORCE for tomorrow’s jobs.
4,139 companies were provided workforce training
services by Kentucky’s workforce partners in 2014
83,692 Kentuckians participated in training services
provided by Kentucky’s workforce partners in 2014
Kentucky’s workforce partners allocated $14,187,132
in Workforce Training Funds in 2014
Workforce Preparation
Work Ready
CommunitiesA certification program that
encourages communities to work
together to demonstrate their
workforce quality.
The Skills InitiativeA partnership between
Kentucky and the German
Embassy focused on
developing dual-track models of
training and education.
02
Through the Kentucky Skills Network, Kentucky offers
opportunities for communities to create a more skilled
workforce:
01
Work Ready certifies a community’s workforce by measuring the following criteria:
High School Graduation
Rates
National Career Readiness
Certificate Completion
Community Commitment
to Workforce Development
Educational Attainment
Soft Skill Development
Internet Availability
Focus:
- Creation and duplication of career pathway,
earn and learn training programs.
- Introduce STEM education and career
pathways at all career entry points
Best Practices:
- Kentucky Manufacturing Career Center
- Kentucky Federation for Advanced
Manufacturing Education (KY FAME)
- University Cooperative Education
The Skills InitiativeAnnounced in March 2014, The Skills Initiative is a unique partnership
between the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the German Embassy
focused on developing training programs to create a workforce
pipeline that will meet the needs of Kentucky’s businesses
What is KY FAME?
Industry Partnership of Manufacturers
Goal: Create a pipeline of skilled workers through
apprenticeship-style training programs.
The Kentucky Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (KY FAME)
- Primary program used by KY FAME to create a skilled workforce in skilled maintenance.
- Integrated, career pathway associate degree program provided by KCTCS colleges.
- Combines workplace experience with a simulated classroom environment.
- KY FAME members sponsors students, who then participate in AMT
- Attend classes 2 full days per week
- Work at sponsoring company 3 full days per week
KY FAME: Advanced Manufacturing Technician (AMT)
The National Career
Pathway Network
recognized the AMT
program as the Best
Career Pathway Program
in the U.S. in 2013.
- In January 2015, Governor Beshear created at statewide board with company membership
from every workforce investment area in KY as well as representation from KCTCS, the
Kentucky Association of Manufacturers and the Cabinet for Economic Development.
- The goal of the board is to establish a KY FAME chapter in every workforce investment area in
Kentucky by the end of 2015
KY FAME: Statewide Growth
University Cooperative Education
Deliverables
1 – Recruitment & Job Placement
2 – Customized Training
3 – Training Incentives
4 - Workforce Pipeline Development
THANK YOUJosh BentonExecutive Director, Workforce DevelopmentKentucky Cabinet for Economic Development(502) [email protected]
