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Steve Cousins, Refinery Manager, Lion Oil South Arkansas Community College Board Chair   ~ Dr ~ Steve Cousins, Refinery Manager, Lion Oil South Arkansas Community College Board Chair ~ Dr. Barbara Jones, President South Arkansas Community College Upon completion of the forum, participants will gain an understanding of: o the community college role in business/industry development, retention, and expansion, o the partnership of the college, city and chamber of commerce in workforce training and development, o challenges and opportunities involved in collaborative strategic projects. South Arkansas Community College . Location: El Dorado in South Central Arkansas (pop. ~19,000) . Established: 1992* *Formed in 1992 when Southern Arkansas University- El Dorado branch (’74) and Oil Belt Technical College (‘67) merged. Fall 2013 Headcount Enrollment: 1652 . Demographics: o 72% Female; 28% Male o 56% Caucasian; 39% Black; 3% Hispanic o Average age: 29 South Arkansas Community College Chemical Petroleum Pulp/Paper/Timber Waste disposal Healthcare Small Business Education Construction Tourism Retail South Arkansas Community College T.I.P. Strategies (Talent, Industry, Place) GOALS o Develop, retain and attract TALENT o Stimulate the economy through business development and INDUSTRY attraction o Enhance and promote El Dorado as a quality PLACE to live and work South Arkansas Community College Major Expenditure Funding the Plan Categories TALENT: 7% o Workforce Development Passage of a 1 cent INDUSTRY: 44% general sales tax o Infrastructure Eight year tax o Entrepreneurial Center Estimated it will raise PLACE: 49% $35 million o Conference Center o Beautification o Parks o Gateways, signage, way finding South Arkansas Community College A Place to GROW ~ A Place to CONNECT ~ A Place to CELEBRATE South Arkansas Community College City of El Dorado/El Dorado Economic Development Board/Citizens: $ 9.5 Million o Land acquisition o Building construction o Equipment o Contribute to Conference Center manager salary annually Murphy Oil, Corp.: $5 million South Arkansas Community College o 3 parcels of land - $250,000 o Operation and Maintenance (up to $300,000/year) o Conference Center Manager South Arkansas Community College 51,000 total square feet One-Stop Student Center Bookstore On-site café and catering Learning and Testing Center Student Gathering areas Outdoor lawn and eating areas Conference Space o Five break-out rooms, o 14,560 square feet of meeting space o Large hall or 3 large conference rooms o 1000 at seated rounds or 2000+ lecture style South Arkansas Community College South Arkansas Community College ENTREPRENEURSHIP PARTNERS ~ El Dorado Economic Development Board ~ City of El Dorado ~ Entrepreneurship Task Force • Opportunity for small retail • www.startupeldorado.com businesses to showcase and • The first Entrepreneur sell their products and services. Resource Center in South • Over 800 people visited the Arkansas (website). 2011 and 2012 Market. • Features entrepreneurs, • Customers were from 29 business forms and different Arkansas cities/towns templates, and access to and 5 different states. experts in their fields to help businesses get started. • Two OJS programs were implemented in El Dorado. • Participants went through 36 hours of business plan development. • The top three plans were selected to receive seed capital for business expenses. South Arkansas Community College RETAIL INCUBATOR FOR BUSINESS TO LAUNCH OR EXPAND THEIR PRODUCT. • Businesses receive one-on-one counseling/training and customer feedback. • Edie’s Village staffs, markets, packages, and ships the client’s products. STUDENT-RUN SCREEN PRINTING BUSINESS. • Students learn the steps needed to be a successful business owner. • These credit business classes involve a combination of classroom study and hands on experience. South Arkansas Community College The Conference and G60 Event inspired, educated, and connected entrepreneur education with real world small business. Featured Speakers: Jessica Haynes – The JesKa Shoe Company – Featured on Shark Tank Jason Lucash – OrigAudio – Featured on Shark Tank Chris Masingill – Federal Chairman for the Delta Regional Authority Partners: South Arkansas Community College ▪ Rich Mountain Community College ▪ Cossatot Community College ▪ SAU Tech ▪ U of A Community College – Hope ▪ Arkansas Women’s Business Center ▪ El Dorado Entrepreneurship Task Force ▪ Union County Angel Investors ▪ Ray Traylor, CPA ▪ First Financial Bank ▪ Arkansas Career Education South Arkansas Community College • Nine community colleges in Arkansas are participating • Three non-credit courses • Start-Up Basics • Social Media Strategy for Business • Bookkeepers’ Boot Camp • Two credit Entrepreneurship courses • Introduction to Entrepreneurship • Opportunity/Feasibility Analysis • Assistance with grant proposal development related to entrepreneur education and training. South Arkansas Community College “Realizing that developing our own workforce was the key to economic development, El Dorado Public Schools, the El Dorado Promise, South Arkansas Community College (SouthArk), the South Arkansas Workforce Training and Education Consortium, and the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce have all made workforce development a priority. The result is a comprehensive set of programs aimed at fulfilling the employment needs of our key employers.” ~ From the Arkansas Business City of Distinction award for Workforce Development (2012) South Arkansas Community College Process Technology Program Program developed at the request of local petrochemical industries due to: current and looming shortage of trained operators (recruitment and retirements) ~ 20% over the next 3-5 years current and planned plant expansions and production increases ~ 200 process operators; 700 total workers Training needed for both new and incumbent workers College staff and industry representatives traveled to Texas together to visit Process Tech programs The program advisory committee gave a voice to industry leaders on the content of the program Advisory committee continues to be actively involved in credit and non-credit course development, training, and internships Process Technology Graduates: Increase plant asset utilization one to four percent Decrease employee selection costs by 80 to 90 percent Reduce two-year new employee turnover by 50 percent Drop job-training costs by 40 percent Result in 37 percent fewer safety-related incidents Reap an average of $16,000 for every new hire made *From Gulf Coast Process Technology Alliance Participated in Advisory committee meetings Donated funds to the program Donated used equipment to assist with hands-on training models Helped select simulation software Developed the Basic Operator’s Orientation Training (BOOT) camp Developing a recruitment plan SouthArk and South Arkansas Workforce Training and Education Consortium (SAWTEC) industries secured DWS Training Trust funds for new and incumbent worker training equipment and instruction. Polaris Hands On Training (HOT) unit Large-scale, realistic, industrial process system to facilitate training and practice for future and current process operators in the refining, petrochemical and oil & gas industries. Safe environment for orientation and training City owned equipment Housed, operated, and maintained at SouthArk " This training simulator lets industry train existing and pre-hire process technology workers in a safe, effective environment. The money spent on this project doesn't even amount to 1% of our total economic development tax revenue, but the impact on our leading industries is huge. This is just the type of partnership we need to encourage.“ ~ Chamber CEO, Henry Florsheim Cross Oil continues its tradition of being a dedicated, customer-oriented supplier of naphthenic lubricating oils. STEM Jobs: 1670 Lion Oil, a Delek US Recent Capital Great Lakes Solutions is Holdings Company, the flame retardants, Investment: produces clean gasoline brominated performance $760,000,000 and diesel fuels and products and fumigants paving and roofing business of Chemtura. Current and Future asphalt products. Announced Investment: $845,000,000 Clean Harbors El Dorado incineration facility specializes in the treatment El Dorado Chemical produces of hazardous wastes (RCRA concentrated nitric acid (CNA), sulfuric regulated) and non- acid, weak nitric acid and Ammonium hazardous wastes by high Nitrate at its facility in El Dorado, temperature incineration. Arkansas. Total Population 43,000. Total employment 18,003. Total STEM company jobs 1,670. Total STEM company supported jobs 5010. Per capita income $19,845 for entire population. Typical (Process Tech) STEM wages $60,000 to $80,000 per year per employee. Employees 200-600 Annual Employee payroll exceeds $40,000,000 Local investment $760,000,000 Annual amount paid into local economy for wages, taxes, raw materials, goods and services. $750,000,000 Average wages for one typical Union County employer for Process Technology (associate) graduate $30.07 per hour. Provides for anticipated Builds a stronger, safer, and more shortages knowledgeable workforce for local industries competing in a Eliminates vying over the global environment same group of operators Provides trained operators – Safe, Environmentally Responsible, Productive Ensures symmetry and consistency of training Raised the bar with PTEC education Provides an advantage to operators in our community Raises the educational level, per capita income, and quality of life for our community South Arkansas Community College Contact: Dr. Barbara Jones : [email protected] South Arkansas Community College .
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