Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary of Labor, spoke yesterday at the MSSC Green Production module launch meeting in Dayton, Ohio. In her keynote speech she categorically stated that no DOL training grants will be provided to any organization that does not have their trainees obtain national training credentials such as MSSC certification. This is coupled with the President's endorsement of the National Association of Manufacturers credential program including MSSC. The President is calling for 5,000,000 workers with these national credentials in five years. Jane Oates strongly supported registered apprenticeships in manufacturing.
Michael Packer, a Vice President for Lockheed Martin, delineated how green sustainable production processes have reduced their companies' energy and water usage while reducing their carbon pollution. He went on to explain how their Texas operations hired some 500 MSSC Certified Production Technicians for their plants. He called for national promotion of the pay, benefits, worklife, and knowledge driven occupations in US manufacturing.
Federal mandate and Fortune 500 utilization of nationally credentialed certificate training such as MSSC is building overwelming momentum for such training to be the standard across Ohio. Look for concerted campaigns across Ohio to get us in step with national manufacturers and the Dept of Labor.
Follow up posts will have more on the greening of front line production.
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