November 2, 2007
Without basic workplace skills, many people have a hard time getting a job. AIDT's Skills@Work class teaches workplace topics including team skills and diversity, communication, how to have a good job interview, as well as introductions to computer topics like using Windows, email, word processing and spreadsheets.
Skills@Work starts Tuesday, Nov. 6, and continues three hours per night, each Tuesday and Thursday, until Dec. 18, 2007, at the AIDT Montgomery Training Center, 15 Technology Court. Class will not be held on Thursday, Nov. 22. Skills@Work is open at no cost for job seekers ranging from high school age through adult. Pre-registration is required. Call 334-242-2670.
Click here to get more information and download a brochure to share with people in your community who will benefit through Skills@Work.
Watch On The Job Sunday at 2:30 p.m. on your APT channel
This week you'll learn how Alabama's major aerospace manufacturers work to increase their workforce.You will also learn the first steps needed for aerospace careers that are provided at Enterprise-Ozark Community College, and the HUNCH program in Huntsville, home of NASA’s youngest aerospace workers already pursuing their dream.
Go online for additional details about available jobs and educational skills required to get them. Videos of shows will be posted on the web site each week after they are broadcast.
“On The Job” provides on-site details about employers and career-related educational opportunities throughout Alabama schools, colleges and education centers. Viewers will see on-site activities in Alabama career education and training services, and watch actual on-the-job production and performance in a variety of careers. Each show will also feature Alabama’s Ready To Work training that helps people prepare for the job market.
Our next show, Nov. 11, will feature:
- Surgical technology at Southern Union State Community College
- Nursing training at Northwest-Shoals Community College
- Cosmetology certification at Snead State Community College
Learn to connect education and workforce development
"Education
and Workforce Development: Making the Connection" is a new course
offered by the Economic & Community Development Institute (ECDI) at
Auburn University. On November 14-15, 2007, ECDI will bring a team of
practitioner-experts to Auburn to present ideas and proven success
strategies for bridging the gap between education and workforce
development. Throughout the course, participants will be
encouraged to ask questions and engage in constructive dialogue about
challenges and opportunities for developing Alabama’s current and
future workforce. For more information and to register online, visit the course website.
Do you know manufacturers in your community with outstanding manufacturing practices, financial return, workforce practices, and market leadership? Consider nominating your business and others to help identify Alabama's best manufacturers. The prestigious Alabama Manufacturer of the Year Award is presented each spring by the Business Council of Alabama and the Alabama Technology Network. Click online at www.atn.org/moty and www.bcatoday.org for application information.
AIDT events
Leadership skills make a better place to workLeadership Skills I training schedule:
November 13-14-15, 2007
February 5-6-7, 2008
May 13-14-15, 2008
August 19-20-21,2008
November 18-19-20, 2008
Leadership Skills II training schedule:
October 8-9, 2008
To register, contact AIDT by telephone at 334-280-4453 or by email.
Click here for information online.
Interview techniques lead to success
Interview T.I.P.S. in Huntsville on November 6 and 8, 2007
To register, call Pat Pirkle at 256-461-7550.
Click here to register online.
Registration deadline: November 2
Maritime training available in Mobile
AIDT is seeking applicants for a free 10-week welding training program featuring flux-core, aluminum MIG, shipfitting, oxy fuel cutting, plasma cutting and carbon arc gouging. Classes are conducted during day and evening hours.
Download your Maritime Welding and Shipfitting application online from www.aidt.edu/apply. Mail the completed application to your local Career Center.
Mobile
area high school students may enroll in the next High School Maritime
Apprenticeship class, also conducted by AIDT, available in January.
Apprenticeship applications
are available from high school counselors. Apprentice
students receive $8 hourly wages while in training. Successful
completors at least 18 years old get full-time maritime jobs.
Career opportunities available through AIDT
AIDT is currently assisting 22 employers to fill more than 2,800 jobs in Calhoun, Clarke, Colbert, Covington, Geneva, Houston, Jefferson, Lee, Macon, Madison, Mobile, St. Clair, Tallapoosa and Washington counties.
New job openings now available:- Maintenance supervisor and electro-mechanical technician positions – Johns Manville in Scottsboro
- Manufacturing cell leaders, maintenance technicians and manufacturing associates – National Alabama Corp. in Cherokee
AIDT recruits potential employees through advertisements and announcements, collects training applications through the Alabama Career Centers and other locations, assesses the applicants through application screening and assists employers with applicants interviews.
Click each job link below for details about training opportunities, job qualifications and how to apply for training to qualify for these jobs.
To apply for training, contact your local Alabama Career Center office or other location identified in the advertisement. Detailed Career Center information, including addresses and telephone numbers, is available here.
Training applications are available online.
Click on each job link to access the AIDT training application information and instructions.
AIDT currently requires that you deliver your completed application to the Alabama Career Center or agency mentioned in the ad. The form available with each training recruitment ad will download an application and pre-fill it with the contact information you supply. Print the application, finish filling in your information, then deliver it according to the instructions in the ad.
Resources and job seeker information websites also available online include:
Alabama Department of Industrial Relations
Alabama CareerLinks
Also listed below:
–Professional positions with AIDT clients that do not require training. Click on the links for information about how to seek employment.
–Employment Opportunities with AIDT
Jobs with the Alabama College System are available here.
CALHOUN COUNTY
ANNISTONImperial Group: Welding Operator Trainee, Certified Welding Operator
OXFORD
Kronospan LLC: MDF Production Technician, Electrician, Multi-craft Maintenance Technician, Machine Cleaner, Boiler/Refiner Operator, Lift Truck Operator, Assistant MDF Technician
COLBERT COUNTY
CHEROKEENational Alabama Corp.: Production Operators, Crane Operator, Forklift Operator, Utility Operator
CLARKE COUNTY
THOMASVILLELP Products: Production Operators, Crane Operator, Forklift Operator, Utility Operator
COVINGTON COUNTY
ANDALUSIAShaw Industries: Manufacturing
GENEVA COUNTY
SLOCOMBPlatinum Advanced Technologies, Inc.: Industrial Fabricators, Plant Manager, Technical Assistant, General Fabricators, Clerical Support, Janitorial
HOUSTON COUNTY
DOTHANPemco World Air Services: Aircraft Sheet Metal Workers
DOTHAN
Shwinco: Assemblers, Maintenance
JACKSON COUNTY
SCOTTSBOROJohns Manville: Maintenance Supervisor, Electro-Mechanical Technicians
JEFFERSON COUNTY
BESSEMERU.S. Pipe & Foundry: Maintenance Technicians, Electrical Technicians
U.S. Pipe & Foundry: Casting Technicians, Processing Technicians
BIRMINGHAM
ThermaSystems Southeast: Production Supervisors, Production Operators, Production Associates, Plant Manager
McCALLA
Flex-N-Gate Alabama: Production Associate
LEE COUNTY
AUBURNSeohan Auto USA: Production Operator, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Quality Control, Maintenance Personnel
MACON COUNTY
SHORTERHalla Climate Systems of Alabama: Production Operators
MADISON COUNTY
HUNTSVILLEToyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Inc.: Maintenance Team Members, Facilities Team Members
MOBILE COUNTY
MOBILEAustal USA: Aluminum Welders/Fabricators
THEODORE
Mitsubishi Polysilicon: Chemical Operators
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
STEELEYachiyo Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC: Production Associates
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY
DADEVILLEKwangSung America Corp.: Production Workers, Assemblers, Machine Operators, Maintenance Technicians
DADEVILLE
SJA, Inc.: Production Workers, Plastic Injection Technician, HR Manager, Accounting Manager
WASHINGTON COUNTY
McINTOSHDestin Energy: Production Operators
Professional positions with our projects that do not require AIDT training:
MOBILE COUNTY
MOBILEThyssenKrupp Stainless USA LLC: Public Relations
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
PELL CITYWKW Erbsloeh North America, Inc.: Quality Engineer, Chemical Engineer, Logistics Coordinator
WKW Erbsloeh North America, Inc.: Logistics Coordinator, Production Supervisor, Tool and Die Setter, Tool and Die Repair
Employment Opportunities with AIDT
MOBILE COUNTY
MOBILEAIDT Mobile Center: Administrative Coordinator for ThyssenKrupp Steel Project
AIDT–Alabama's #1 Incentive
AIDT encourages economic development through job-specific pre-employment and on-the-job training, leadership development, industrial maintenance assessment, safety assistance and other services. AIDT is committed to meeting customer requirements and increasing customer satisfaction through continuous improvement of all our services, with emphasis on our pre-employment and on-the-job training and our quality management system.AIDT assists a variety of employers throughout the state by identifying qualified potential employees through recruitment, screening and training services. We recruit potential employees through advertisements and announcements, collect training applications through Alabama Career Centers and other locations, assess applicants through application screening and assist employers with applicant interviews. Applicants who successfully complete AIDT job-specific training are recommended for employment with the company for whom our pre-employment service is provided.