PowerPoint slides from Roy Smith's presentation June 5, 2008 in Grand Rapids for MNCEME. The subject was the education to industry pipeline, opportunities and challenges in Northeast Minnesota.

1. Thursday, June 5, 2008 Roy Smith, Regional Workforce Development Coordinator Iron Range Resources/Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

4. ↓ 4.7% ↑ 27%

5. ↓ 5.5% ↑ 60.4%

6. DEMOGRAPHICS Older population

7. Source: MN Department of Employment & Economic Development and U.S. Census Bureau: Local Employment Dynamics (LED)

8. 75,000 Replacement Jobs Over the Next 10 Years, Not Counting…

10. A New Iron Range A New Iron Range

11. STUDY PURPOSE 9 Development Projects

12. STUDY PURPOSE 4 Development Projects: MN Power Mn Steel Mesabi Nugget PolyMet

13. Opportunities Galore

14. Life-long Employment vs Life-long Employability

15. Aerospace Taconite Pulp & Paper Power Generation Non-Ferrous Minerals Steel Production Vendors Transportation CORE SKILLS

16. A.A.S. Industrial Technology Mining Emphasis Power Generation Emphasis Process Specialist Emphasis Pulp and Paper Emphasis Maintenance Emphasis

17. Customized Training 50% of the workforce in 2025 are already in the workforce today 30% of our workforce is either un- or under- employed

18. Mission Statement “ Develop an organized, comprehensive, coordinated regional response to the development of the large projects”

19. Leadership Team Strategy Team Projects Team Workforce Team Housing Team Community Resources and Readiness Team Opportunities Development Team

20. Strategy Team

21. Projects Team

22. Workforce Team

23. Housing Team

24. Community Resources and Readiness Team

25. Opportunities Development Team

26. Questions? Comments? Contact Information: Roy Smith [email_address] 218-744-7334