GBRIA/ABC Craft Training Center Quick Overview

ABC Craft Training Center Overview

Craft Training Center was built in mid 1980’s in response to a lack of trained craft workers

Industry leaders and contractors developed an informal agreement to pay for the school and ongoing expenses, which has lasted until today

ABC Training Center Overview

Annual Budget $1.2 - $1.5 million Number of Students Graduating 1100 –

1800/year Avg. Cost per Student Course $833 - $1090 Student Fees $40/course/semester Offering = Skills Assessments, Training and

Certification Exams using the NCCER standard (National Center for Construction

Education and Research, www.nccer.org)

Original and Current ABC Funding Methods

Original Method1985 - 1988

1/2 of 1% of straight time wages for all hours worked by appropriate merit shop contractors on plant site $25,000 cap on each plant

Example: Sample Chemical Co. Boilermakers – 2000 hours * $12.5/hr*0.005=$125 Scaffoldbuilders – 1000 hours*10.25/hr*0.005=$51.25 Welders – 5000 hours * $18/hr*0.005=450 Grass cutters – not applicable Total Fee to Sample Chemical = $626.25

Original and Current ABC Funding Methods

1989 - 1993  3/4 of 1% of straight time wages

for all hours worked by appropriate merit shop contractors on plant site.

 No cap

Original and Current ABC Funding Methods

1994 to present 7 cents per hour for all hours worked by

appropriate merit shop contractors on plant site

Billing/Collection Contractors include 7 cents on invoices to

plants ABC Bills Contractors monthly Some plants pay directly to ABC instead of

including in payment to contractors Either method is acceptable

The GBRIA/ABC Agreement GBRIA and ABC developed the following agreement in 1994

which we encourage to be included in Contract Language

ABC Training Center funding will be paid for all merit shop contractors performing maintenance and capital projects in member facilities of the Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance, Inc. (GBRIA) and whose skilled work force will be primarily comprised of local labor working in the Greater Baton Rouge area.

Members of GBRIA agree to reimburse contractors for all on-site labor at the rate of seven (7) cents per craft hour or pay directly to the ABC Training Center this amount on a monthly basis. This includes all craft hours worked for maintenance, cost plus, unit price, and lump sum construction for craft skills listed in Attachment A. This fee will be paid on worked craft hours (straight and overtime) on all construction, shop fabrication and maintenance work.

Attachment A

Skills Payable Welders Pipefitters Boilermakers Machinists Riggers Millwrights Ironworkers Painters Insulators Carpenters Craft Helpers Tank maintenance

(boilermakers/welders)

Equipment operators Instrument fitters/techs HVAC Brick masons Electricians Tower Contractors

(boilermakers/welders) Concrete finishing (e.g. rebar,

finishing & forming) Plumbing Scaffold Sprinkler Fitting Sheet metal Cooling Tower (millwright,

electrical, pipefitter & carpenter)

Electrical testing Working foremen

Attachment A (Continued)

Skills Not Payable Union Professional Janitorial Security X-ray/inspection Scale maintenance Electronics

Auto repair Supervisors, clerks

& timekeepers Service/specialty Railroad

repair/switching Refractory

Tracking the Funding

ABC implemented an online accounting system at year end 2003

Plants enter their hours monthly Contractors enter their hours monthly Differences are reconciled between

GBRIA and ABC to assure accountability

Enter monthly

hours from ABC’s

website

Or from the

GBRIA website

GBRIA

GBRIA

GBRIA/ABC Joint Taskforce

MissionEnsure that the ABC Craft Training Center meets craft training

excellence expected by the greater Baton Rouge industrial community while providing a cost competitive educational

opportunity now and into the future

Members GBRIA – 4 plant representatives and staff ABC – Chair & Vice Chair of ICC

• Vice Chair of Education & Manpower from ABC Executive Committee

• Chair & Vice Chair of Education & Manpower Committee• ABC staff

Meets quarterly

GBRIA/ABC Joint Taskforce

Key Objectives Meet budgetary requirements Maintain NCCER accreditation Provide curriculum that meets the industry needs Ensure that alternate funding ideas/issues are transferred to

appropriate committee(s) within ABC and GBRIA. Oversee and improve current funding mechanism. Resource management.

 

Key Measures of Success 80% retention of craft training students 90% of graduates achieving cut score on written assessment 100% collection of contractor work hours reported.

GBRIA/ABC Taskforce

2006 Goals Increase enrollment Change model from night school for

industrial contractors to also include a day school open to public