Business & Industry Alliance

Snap-on

Snap-on has extensive experience serving a vast network of schools, administrators, instructors, and students through its Snap-on Technical Education Program. Partnering with organizations like the National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3), Snap-on helps technical educators identify the skills that today’s industries need. Because of our experience and know-how, Snap-on is uniquely positioned to deliver industry supported curriculum and hands-on training with the latest products. Students earn Snap-on certifications as proof of their achievement. These stackable credentials increase employment potential and on-the-job productivity in the automotive, energy, aviation, manufacturing and building trade industries.

Tooling U-SME

Tooling U-SME, a division of SME, is a leading provider of industry-driven manufacturing training solutions that deliver measurable results.

Training is an investment. An investment in better. An investment in empowerment. The role of training? To give motivated people the best possible opportunity for a future of more.

Tooling U-SME bridges the gap between training excellence and real-world application: Teaching specific, applicable, and highly sought-after skills that will engage, motivate, and prepare. Created to prepare people for jobs in an industry where there is great potential for growth and advancement.

We serve the future of our workforce: the unemployed, underemployed, veterans, justice-involved, at-risk populations, dislocated workers and more, as well as upskilling the incumbent workforce.

How?

With short-term training, apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships, and industry-recognized certifications.

We work with you to help job seekers become empowered.

National Coalition of Certification Centers

National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3) was established to address the need for strong industry partnerships with educational institutions in order to train the next generation of skilled professionals by implementing and sustaining industry-recognized portable certifications that have strong validation and assessment standards.

Organized as a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, NC3 seeks to fulfill its mission and vision with all community colleges and technical institutions across the United States by:

• Developing, implementing, and sustaining industry-recognized portable stackable certifications built on national skills standards
• Providing classroom curriculum, facility visioning, and turn-key certification lab kits to education institutions
• Conducting world-class instructor development training for CTE instructors

This will result in the national educational arena having strong and sustainable relationships with industry that result in transportation, aviation, energy, advanced manufacturing, building trades, and other centers of excellence that deliver a highly-skilled workforce that allows local and regional economies to grow, and industries to expand and compete globally in the marketplace.

Questions? Contact Dan Ramirez, Associate Director at dan.ramirez@nc3.net

Coursera

Transforming Workforces with the Skills of the Future

Innovation and disruptive technologies are changing the skills workers need in today’s global economy. By connecting workforces to world-class, online training from leading universities and companies, Coursera is providing in-demand skills and learning pathways to support economies and reskill internal organizational teams with digital readiness, data literacy and expertise in critical in-demand topics.

Coursera is one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, with 82 million registered learners as of March 31, 2021. We partner with over 200 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad catalog of content and credentials, including Guided Projects, courses, Specializations, certificates, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

With deep experience implementing workforce recovery programs in over 100 countries and 25 U.S. states and with more than 6,000 institutions having used Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and students, Coursera is the trusted partner for workforce development at scale and building economic opportunities for everyone.

For questions, contact Marisela Perivolidis, mperivolidis@coursera.org

The Center for Energy Workforce Development

The Center for Energy Workforce Development

The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) is a non-profit consortium of energy companies, contractors, associations, unions, educators, and business partners working together to ensure a skilled, diverse talent pipeline. CEWD is dedicated to:

• Bringing greater awareness to 21st century clean energy careers
• Supporting the industry’s commitment to a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive energy workforce
• Assisting in the training and education required for an increasingly dynamic and complex energy industry
• Supporting the industry’s workforce development leaders

The Energy Industry Powers Lives and Futures

America’s energy workforce powers life. Businesses, education, healthcare, travel, and even many of our favorite pastimes are made possible by the energy industry. Its six million professionals are problem solvers and critical thinkers who serve on the front lines of the country’s clean energy transition. They are first responders who rebuild infrastructure and restore power following storms and natural disasters. They protect and maintain the electric grid and gas pipelines essential to the way we live. These men and women are highly trained, highly skilled, and in high-demand.

The Energy Sector Is Putting People to Work

Energy employers expect to hire hundreds of thousands of people over the next several years. Certain decarbonization scenarios suggest that number could increase exponentially. Companies seek skilled trade workers, engineers and technicians, and people to fill a myriad of business roles, especially in cyber-security and information technology.

Some of the many benefits of working in the energy sector include:

• Performing essential and meaningful work
• Training and career advancement opportunities
• Earning potential
• Making a difference in people’s lives
• Supporting local communities

Energy Sector Leaders Want To Connect

Working with the industry’s energy companies in rural communities and large cities, primary energy trade associations, labor organizations, and more than 30 state energy workforce consortia, CEWD is eager to be your go-to source for:

• Connections with local energy companies
• Energy curriculum and educational resources
• Energy workforce data
• Model partnerships and programs

Contact us at: staff@cewd.org
For more information about energy careers, visit GetIntoEnergy.org.
For more information about the Center for Energy Workforce, visit CEWD.org.

CompTIAtech

The CompTIA Tech Career Academy (“CompTIA Tech”) mission is to unlock people’s potential by helping them launch and grow their careers in information technology. As a non-profit, we train and prepare adults for certification and success in IT jobs to address an industry shortage of skilled IT professionals. Our sole motivation is to help learners land and/or succeed in IT jobs and grow the technology workforce.

Today, every company is an IT company, as IT is part of every organization’s fabric. Companies in all sectors search for communities that can provide bountiful IT-talent pipelines to fill the plethora of IT skills gaps. Through 2026, we will need to fill approximately 1.2 million tech jobs in the U.S.

CompTIA Tech collaborates with workforce boards to train underserved populations in job-based IT skills, leading to employment in all industry sectors. With trained and certified IT professionals, organizations can proactively thwart cyber threats and focus on reaching strategic business objectives.

CompTIA Tech customizes and aligns our IT training and certification programs to meet each partner’s distinctive economic and development workforce requirements. We collaborate with workforce and community leaders to design comprehensive, accelerated programs which include training, learning content and certifications. Graduates take certification exams to validate skills, yielding IT talent ready for high-growth career pathways.

Studies have shown that IT talent is a primary indicator of the wealth and economic competitiveness of a city or region. Our custom accelerated direct training and certification programs offer the quickest path to IT employment for individuals and meet the urgent demand for IT talent.

Let’s partner and provide your community with IT professionals to support a healthier, more vibrant regional economy.

Interested in learning more about how to get started with a customer program developed for your community? Contact Mark Plunkett, Vice President, Education Services & Business Development, at mplunkett@comptia.org.

NCCER

NCCER is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit education foundation recognized as the leading provider of construction training, assessments, credentials, research, and career development.