Thursday, March 28, 2024
Hawai'i Free Press

Current Articles | Archives

Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Kapiolani CC apprenticeship program showcased at mayors conference
By News Release @ 8:22 PM :: 3674 Views :: Higher Education, Labor

Kapiʻolani CC apprenticeship program showcased at mayors conference

From UH News, July 8, 2019

Hawaiʻi hosted the 87th U.S. Conference of Mayors at the end of June, when more than 220 mayors gathered to discuss ideas to improve their cities and the lives of people in their communities. Topics discussed at the conference included homelessness and housing, challenges in immigration, the recycling crisis, renewable energy, cyber security and more.

The delegates participated in breakout sessions to learn, exchange and borrow ideas to help remedy their shared concerns. Kapiʻolani Community College was the only campus in higher education that was invited to present a Best Practices session on its apprenticeship program and how it could address employee shortages.

Stan Fichtman, program manager for Kapiʻolani CC’s Apprenticeship USA State Expansion Grant, and Sally Pestana, Kapiʻolani CC’s health apprenticeship director, showcased the college’s growth of health and culinary apprenticeship programs.

The Kapiʻolani CC apprenticeship programs have gained tremendous traction through industry partnerships. Apprenticeships are a viable solution given current workforce challenges such as worker shortages, increasing demand for services and training, and recruiting and retaining qualified staff.

Pestana shared insights in working with government and industry. “Apprenticeship is a winning workforce development business strategy for employers with a strong return on investment: $1.50 for every $1 invested with a range of benefits from reduced turnover to greater productivity from apprentices,” said Pestana.

She added that relating technical instruction with on-the-job training is what apprenticeships are all about. Understanding the needs of the real world is knowing how to make inroads for training and solutions possible.

Bill Bruhl, Duke’s Waikiki executive chef, and Ashley Shearer, clinical operations manager of Queen’s Care Coalition of Queen’s Medical Center, told delegates how the partnerships have been a win-win relationship for the employer, the employee and the state.

The moderator for the breakout session was Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards, who said that mayors are known to return to their cities with ideas that work and she is sure apprenticeship programs and opportunities will be seriously explored.

Added Conference President Steve Benjamin, mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, “Mayors are tackling issues of national importance because our voices are needed more than ever. We can’t just sit on the sidelines. We have to be the drivers of the change that our constituents expect and deserve.”

Read more about other UH apprenticeship programs.

Related:

Links

TEXT "follow HawaiiFreePress" to 40404

Register to Vote

2aHawaii

808 Silent Majority

Aloha Pregnancy Care Center

AntiPlanner

Antonio Gramsci Reading List

A Place for Women in Waipio

Ballotpedia Hawaii

Broken Trust

Build More Hawaiian Homes Working Group

Christian Homeschoolers of Hawaii

Cliff Slater's Second Opinion

DVids Hawaii

FIRE

Fix Oahu!

Frontline: The Fixers

Genetic Literacy Project

Grassroot Institute

Habele.org

Hawaii Aquarium Fish Report

Hawaii Aviation Preservation Society

Hawaii Catholic TV

Hawaii Christian Coalition

Hawaii Cigar Association

Hawaii ConCon Info

Hawaii Debt Clock

Hawaii Defense Foundation

Hawaii Family Forum

Hawaii Farmers and Ranchers United

Hawaii Farmer's Daughter

Hawaii Federalist Society

Hawaii Federation of Republican Women

Hawaii History Blog

Hawaii Homeschool Association

Hawaii Jihadi Trial

Hawaii Legal News

Hawaii Legal Short-Term Rental Alliance

Hawaii Matters

Hawaii's Partnership for Appropriate & Compassionate Care

Hawaii Public Charter School Network

Hawaii Rifle Association

Hawaii Shippers Council

Hawaii Smokers Alliance

Hawaii State Data Lab

Hawaii Together

HIEC.Coop

HiFiCo

Hiram Fong Papers

Homeschool Legal Defense Hawaii

Honolulu Moms for Liberty

Honolulu Navy League

Honolulu Traffic

House Minority Blog

Imua TMT

Inouye-Kwock, NYT 1992

Inside the Nature Conservancy

Inverse Condemnation

Investigative Project on Terrorism

July 4 in Hawaii

Kakaako Cares

Keep Hawaii's Heroes

Land and Power in Hawaii

Legislative Committee Analysis Tool

Lessons in Firearm Education

Lingle Years

Managed Care Matters -- Hawaii

Malama Pregnancy Center of Maui

MentalIllnessPolicy.org

Military Home Educators' Network Oahu

Missile Defense Advocacy

MIS Veterans Hawaii

NAMI Hawaii

Natatorium.org

National Christian Foundation Hawaii

National Parents Org Hawaii

NFIB Hawaii News

No GMO Means No Aloha

Not Dead Yet, Hawaii

NRA-ILA Hawaii

Oahu Alternative Transport

Obookiah

OHA Lies

Opt Out Today

OurFutureHawaii.com

Patients Rights Council Hawaii

PEACE Hawaii

People vs Machine

Practical Policy Institute of Hawaii

Pritchett Cartoons

Pro-GMO Hawaii

P.U.E.O.

RailRipoff.com

Rental by Owner Awareness Assn

ReRoute the Rail

Research Institute for Hawaii USA

Rick Hamada Show

RJ Rummel

Robotics Organizing Committee

School Choice in Hawaii

SenatorFong.com

Sink the Jones Act

Statehood for Guam

Talking Tax

Tax Foundation of Hawaii

The Real Hanabusa

Time Out Honolulu

Trustee Akina KWO Columns

UCC Truths

US Tax Foundation Hawaii Info

VAREP Honolulu

Waagey.org

West Maui Taxpayers Association

What Natalie Thinks

Whole Life Hawaii

Yes2TMT