AMP SoCal Monthly Newsletter
February 2018
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News
- SBWIB Aero-Flex Team Successfully Registers – First in the Nation – Aerospace Engineering Apprenticeship
- The Strong Workforce Apprenticeship Group (SWAG) webinar is now available online
- New Program Offered at California State University, Northridge
- World Economic Forum Report: Which Country is Best Prepared for the Future of Manufacturing?
- Strengthening Partnerships for the Manufacturing Workforce Webinar Series
Events
- Antelope Valley Board of Trade’s 46th Annual Business Outlook Conference - Mar 2, 2018
- Uniquely Abled Academy at GCC Graduation Celebration & Open House - Mar 14, 2018
- Engage: CALED's 38th Annual Training Conference - Mar 14-16, 2018
- SWAG Presents: Shape the Future of Skills-Based Training in Manufacturing - Mar 22, 2018
- AeroDef Manufacturing Conference & Expo - Mar 26-29, 2018
- Space 2.0 Summit - April 3-5, 2018
- Virgin Galactic's Quest into Space - NEW DATE TBA Spring 2018
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SBWIB Aero-Flex Team Successfully Registers – First in the Nation – Aerospace Engineering Apprenticeship
The South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) and the Aero-Flex team of employers and partners have successfully registered the first Aerospace Engineering Apprenticeship occupation in the United States, sponsored by Tooling U-SME, a non-profit dedicated to advance the manufacturing industry. This is also the first degreed registered apprenticeship in the U.S. in the engineering discipline...
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The Strong Workforce Apprenticeship Group (SWAG) webinar is now available online
AMP SoCal regularly hosts free webinars featuring a variety of expert speakers who provide valuable information for aerospace and defense manufacturers. Tracy DiFilippis from Goodwill Southern California, Jeffrey Forrest from College of the Canyons, and Daniel Wierman from S&H Machine presented about the Strong Workforce Apprenticeship Group (SWAG), a dynamic new apprenticeship program rapidly expanding opportunities for employers and employees alike.
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New Program Offered at California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is launching a new Master of Science in Engineering Management (EM) program. The fully online EM program is specifically designed to guide participants to develop the critical competencies needed to manage diverse technical systems, projects, and people, and to provide practical solutions to the challenges of working in a global business environment.
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World Economic Forum Report:
Which Country is Best Prepared for the
Future of Manufacturing?
As the Fourth Industrial Revolution gathers momentum, decision-makers from the public and private sectors are confronted with a new set of uncertainties regarding the future of production. Rapidly emerging technologies—such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, wearables, robotics and additive manufacturing—are spurring the development of new production techniques, business models, and value chains that will fundamentally transform global production...
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U.S. Department of Education, OCTAE presents
Strengthening Partnerships for the Manufacturing Workforce
A Series of Peer-to-Peer Conversations
The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education invites you to join a series of four conversations about improving the education-to-workforce pipeline with leaders in manufacturing partnerships. Please join us to talk about experiences and challenges in partnership formation and development. Find the registration links below
to reserve your space!
Telling Your Partnership’s Story
March 5, 2018
Managing Your Partnership Tensions
March 12
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2018
Keeping Your Partners Engaged
(Featuring Dion Jackson, USC Center for Economic Development)
March 19, 2018
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Antelope Valley Board of Trade’s
46th Annual Business Outlook Conference
March 2, 2018 |
Lancaster, CA
ANTELOPE VALLEY BOARD OF TRADE’S 46th Annual Business Outlook Conference to Celebrate Small Businesses in the Antelope Valley with Exceptional Speakers on March 2, 2018! This all-day event is filled with informative and engaging presentations from a diverse cross-section of industry thriving in the Antelope Valley! More than 40 exhibitors will welcome visitors, teach and inform about the best this region has to offer.
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Uniquely Abled Academy at
Glendale Community College
Graduation Celebration & Open House
March 14, 2018 |
Glendale, CA
The third cohort of Uniquely Abled Academy students are graduating and you're invited to join them in celebrating.
Glendale Community College Student Center
March 14, Wednesday, from 6-8pm.
1500 North Verdugo Road
Glendale, CA 91208-2894
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Engage | CALED's 38th Annual
Training Conference
March 14-16, 2018 |
Monterey, CA
Don’t miss this opportunity to network with the leaders in California’s economic development industry while learning new tools during the sessions on March 14-16, 2018 in Monterey, California. Watch for special pre-conference activities.
Engage will have 24 different breakout sessions from which attendees can choose. Register today to attend sessions that will teach you how to:
- Attract the Right Businesses to Your Community
- Preserve Businesses through Employee-Ownership
- Work in a New Era for Business with the Gig Economy
- Use Creative Options to Capture Local Sales & Use Tax
- Revitalize Your Retail Space
- Find Balance Between Housing & Economic Development
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SWAG Presents: Shape the Future of
Skills-Based Training in Manufacturing
March 22, 2018 |
Los Angeles, CA
Goodwill Southern California and Urban Institute are partnering to bring Competency-Based frameworks in CNC Machining and Industrial Machinery Mechanic to the local SoCal Region for the manufacturing Industry to review. You are invited to edit these two occupational frameworks for national approval and dissemination. All participants will receive the approved frameworks for use in your organizations.
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AeroDef Conference & Expo
March 26 - 29, 2018 |
Long Beach, CA
AeroDef Manufacturing® is the leading exposition and technical conference for the aerospace and defense manufacturing industry. Produced by the SME, in partnership with industry OEMs, our mission is to foster innovation across the extended enterprise to reduce costs, expedite production times and maintain manufacturing competitiveness in the global economy
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AMP SoCal will be at Booth B126. Please contact Libby Williams at
libby.williams@usc.edu
if you are interested in volunteering to staff the booth.
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Space 2.0 Summit
April 3-5, 2018 |
San Jose, CA
NewSpace companies and Aerospace Primes will have an opportunity to network with innovative B2B solutions providers who will support the constellations of satellites. Developers of AI, robotics, propulsion systems, ground communications, and service providers offering satellite decommissioning, deorbiting, and debris mitigation, will share their latest solutions to challenges in the downstream satellite ecosystem.
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Virgin Galactic's Quest into Space
NEW DATE TBA Spring 2018 |
Redondo Beach, CA
Virgin Galactic's flagships, LauncherOne and SpaceShipTwo, are advanced aerospace vehicles for the space exploration & development, such as small satellite launches and space tourism. Please join us to learn more about their past, current progresses, and future development.
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