Category: Workforce Development

Workforce Wednesday: Auto Tech Careers

Automotive technicians and specialists are who companies turn to when repairs are needed for fleets of vehicles. Even the Municipality of Anchorage needs them for its vehicles, as do used car lots and rental car companies. According to the Alaska Process Industry Careers Consortium, there are plenty of jobs out there with decent pay.

“The pay can range depending on how much training you have had,” said APICC spokeswoman Cari-Ann Carty. “Lower entry-level positions are about $28,000 a year. Moving into more experienced and more training, $40,000 to $60,000 a year. And the operations manager’s side, that type of thing, over $100,000 a year. It can be quite lucrative.”

One of the best facilities to get training for this field in Alaska is the University of Alaska Anchorage.

UAA Training Programs

  • Automotive Technologies
  • Undergraduate Certificate: one to two years
  • Associate Degree: two to three years
  • B.S. Applied Tech Management: four to five years

Companies Hiring

  • Municipality of Anchorage
  • Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
  • Alaska Transport
  • General Motors (GM) Dealers
  • Kenworth Alaska
  • Holland America Cruises

APICC Outreach Coordinator

  • Martha Peck
    (907) 770-5250
    Martha@apicc.org

For more information on employment and training, click here.

Source: Workforce Wednesday: Auto Tech Careers | KTVA Anchorage CBS 11

For Alaska fisheries, reason to celebrate 40 years of Magnuson-Stevens Act | Alaska Dispatch News

April 13, 2016, marked the 40th anniversary of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, a law that took U.S. fisheries management in federal waters from being virtually nonexistent to becoming a global model of sustainability.

Nowhere is this truer than in Alaska, where our fisheries have an international reputation as being among the most sustainable and valuable fisheries on the planet, largely thanks to the collaborative and inclusive management process set up under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. One of the MSA’s authors, our very own Sen. Ted Stevens, had an extraordinary vision for our nation’s fisheries, especially for those in his home state of Alaska. Many elements of the state of Alaska’s fishery management are woven into the fabric of the MSA.

Read the full article here.

Source: For Alaska fisheries, reason to celebrate 40 years of Magnuson-Stevens Act | Alaska Dispatch News

Alaska Economic Trends – April 2016

AprilTrends2016April Trends examines Alaska’s mix of industries and how they compare to the U.S. overall. Although we’ve started to resemble the rest of the country more, we’ll probably never quite get there. Also this month, we profile the town of Hyder, a unique Southeast Alaska community landlocked within

Canada. Finally, although low oil prices have wreaked havoc in Alaska in some ways, they’ve also contributed to the smallest inflation rate since 1988.

Source: Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development – April 2016 Trends

Workforce Wednesday: Plumbing and Steamfitting | KTVA Anchorage CBS 11

Want to break into the industry of one of the highest paid trades in Alaska?

In a recent Workforce Wednesday, Daybreak learned about careers in plumbing and steamfitting, from Aaron Plikat with Local 367 United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters and Cari-Ann Carty with Alaska Process Industry Career Consortium (APICC).

Jobs in the industry can range from cutting and preparing steel pipe, welding joints, keeping the Sealife Center’s water flowing and helping power Shemya and Dutch Harbor. According to APICC, many Alaskans in this field will soon be retiring, opening doors to a career that pays anywhere from $24 an hour as a paid apprentice, to $60 an hour for a foreman.

“Absolutely awesome job, incredibly rewarding,” said Carty. “If you enjoy working with your hands and having, as I like to call it, visual gratification of a job every day, you can stand back at the end of the day, look at what you accomplished and know it’s going to be there for the next 50, 60, hopefully 100 years and really feel good about it.”

United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters Apprentice Program Requirements

  • 18-years-old or older
  • High school diploma or GED
  • Driver’s license
  • Alaska resident

To learn more about the apprenticeship program, visit the Local 367 website.

Source: Workforce Wednesday: Plumbing and Steamfitting | KTVA Anchorage CBS 11

UAA Construction Management Teams Secure Wins at National Competition


UAA construction management students may have entered this year’s Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Competition feeling as if they faced overwhelming odds, but they soon proved they were up to the challenge when they seized a second and third place win.

“Our success came from our ability to work together as a team,” said UAA student Nathan Yaskell, captain of the commercial project team. “We all supported each other and helped one another when we needed it. We focused on practicing and preparing for the competition months in advance, which is what made these wins so rewarding.”

Read the full article here.

Source: UAA construction management teams secure second and third place wins at national competition – Green & Gold News