PTDA Foundation Awarded Training Grant
Chicago, Ill. -- January 13, 2006 --
The Power Transmission Distributors
Association (PTDA) Foundation recently
was awarded a $55,000 grant by
The Manufacturing Institute, the
research and education arm of the
National Association of
Manufacturers. The grant will support a
Foundation-led alliance to expand the
organization’s Industry Career’s
Pathway(ICP)(SM) initiative in
Cleveland, Ohio.
WIRE-Net -- a not-for- profit economic
development organization serving
Cleveland’s manufacturing
business leaders -- is partnering with the PTDA
Foundation in this important community
initiative designed to increase the
profitability of industrial
distribution and manufacturing employers by
connecting them with workforce
development resources.
Through this grant, the PTDA
Foundation-led alliance will:
--Improve industrial distribution
training opportunities at Cuyahoga
Community College (Tri-C) in
Cleveland, Ohio.
--Actively promote
careers in the industrial distribution channel.
--Promote both workforce development and entry-level job placement
for
qualified workers in industrial
distribution positions.
--Work with area employers to help identify their
employment
opportunities and encourage their use
of retention and advancement tools.
“A broad representation of
employers in the Cleveland area already have
worked with Tri-C to create certificate
and degree programs to prepare
individuals for careers in industrial
distribution,” said Ken Miko, PTDA
Foundation trustee and vice president
of Cleveland-based distributor, BDI.
“We look forward to engaging even
more distributors and manufacturers in
the ICP initiative with the resources
provided by The Manufacturing
Institute and the involvement of the
community’s public workforce system,
community-based organizations, WIRE-Net
and other stakeholders.
WIRE-Net, as a management partner to
manufacturing business leaders,
provides manufacturing improvement,
workforce development, and
industrial real estate development and
planning services to Northeast
Ohio Manufacturing companies. A
not-for-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3)
economic development organization,
WIRE-Net has a membership base
of over 200 member companies throughout
the region. For more
The PTDA Foundation, whose work is
funded solely by donations, was
founded in 1982 to enhance knowledge,
education, professionalism and
productivity within the power
transmission/motion control (PT/MC)
industry.
The Foundation’s core initiative,
the Industrial Careers Pathway, is
designed to recruit entry-level
employees to the industrial distribution
channel; develop programs to teach
business, technical and distribution
basics; and create affordable resources
for current employee
development.
The Foundation is a not-for-profit,
tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation whose
operations are funded entirely by tax
deductible contributions.
Contributions are tax deductible to the
full amount allowed by law.
For more information or for a complete
list of Pathway Alliance Partners,
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