Industry Visioning Workshop I

INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP SURVEY

Please provide your insights so that CNM can better serve our workforce and remain a dynamic resource for industry partnerships for years to come.

Summary of Responses

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Goals & Visions [draft]

• Create a consistent partnership with industry leaders that focuses on goals and action items in support of furthering the trades industry.

• Redevelop the education system to better support life-long training modules that connect the community from K-12 through college, and into the workforce, remaining a consistent and relevant resource along the way.

• Develop a program that is at the forefront of technological advances in the industry, leading the discussion in the application of cross-training skills various technologies.

poll everywhere results

  

What does the trades industry need most from CNM?

 “Work-based learning options – credit for on the job skills training through internship or other credit for prior learning assessments”

 

“Training for non-neurotypical learners, such as young adults with high-functioning autism, who have a more difficult time with ‘traditional’ learning settings”

 

“Grow capacity to meet jobs demand”

 

“Work-based learning experiences other than just apprenticeship pathways”

 

“A 2-4 year program dedicated to design (commercial, graphic design). There was a very expensive private art school (that did a poor job) that closed its doors. I think there is a great need in NM for a formal Design Program at a reasonable cost. CNM has many classes already—they just need to be pulled together.”

 

“The ability to hear industry and incorporate skills immediately”

 

“AI added into relevant trades”

 

“Apprenticeship”

 

“Cross-program skills included – GIS in construction trades for example”

 

“Tech skills incorporated into every trade”

 

“Training focused on current climatological science and impacts to SW Natural Resources as a result of projected climate impacts and how to mitigate these impacts”

 

“Teaching verbal communication skills”

 

“Programs that complement/help the existing construction trades”

 

“Qualified applicants who can pass a drug test”

 

“Ultrasound/sonographers with the latest skills”

 

“Commercial Carpentry, Certified Welders”

 

“Pharmacy/Pharmacy Technician”

 

“Training focused on the needs of the business community”

 

“Medical imaging”

 

 

What do you need from CNM to support your workforce requirements?

 “Trainings for K-12 educators, especially 9-12, to offer more pre-pathway exposure opportunities for youth”

 

“Current knowledge, skills and development of fire science programs to adapt to climate mitigation, carbon market opportunities, prescribed burning and sequestration management”

 

“Cross training – electronics for carpenters, CAD for engineers”

 

“Produce designers that are skilled in the full Adobe Suite (AI) at an expert level and be able to design at scale. They need to understand the elements of design as well as various soft skills.”

 

“To have CNM carpentry students visit our Facility to aid in our recruitment”

 

“Programs that complement/enhance current trades programs. Using joint resources.”

 

“Using the hospital/medical environments to educate more than just nurses and pharm techs; hospitals also have electrical, IT, dietary, etc.”

 

“Teach sonographers musculoskeletal sonography. This is a newer use of this technology, and they will need it.”

 

“Training modules for incumbent workforce skill up”

 

“Skill up opportunities”

 

 

 

 

What do you need from CNM to support your business requirements?

 “Contracting and agreement knowledge, budget, accounting and auditing 101 type skills. Customer service and conflict resolution.”

 

“Construction supervisor program”

 

“Formal internships with formal structure that both the business and CNM professor would put together”

 

“Project management skills and access to cost effective or free classes to maintain and increase skill levels”

 

“Teach VERBAL communication skills”

 

“To reach out to our contractors and set up internships for their project management team”

 

“Access to cost effective (free) skill up for employee retention”

 

“Incorporation of project management skills into advanced courses”

 

 

What additionally would you like to tell us?

“Future Focused Education is a work-based learning intermediary, the space we occupy is rather new in our community. In the process of placing young people in internships, we convene employers in Healthcare, Construction, Business, and IT with regularity as we seek to refine how we prepare young people for the workplace and inform how high schools are approaching CTE courses. CNM takes similar steps for its purposes. There would likely be value in collaborating on some of those convenings together—allowing for industry to see that there is truly a bigger path towards career preparation.”

 

“Financial literacy”

 

“Be inclusive in your listening/inviting of industry. In the past it seems only some are invited to the table.”

 

“Keep collaborating with industry/other training programs. It will take us all!”

 

“I was disappointed that CNM didn’t reach out to us but was happy that they did reach our to one of our contractors to help them revise their carpentry curriculum.”

 

“Educate high-school counselors on the value of trades”

 

“We can’t get to children as an industry. You can.”

 

“Have an elective in middle school that discusses all the trades you teach.”

 

“Reach kids about these opportunities.”

 

“I think CNM has a huge opportunity to put together a Commercial/Industrial Art/Design ‘School’ (NM does not have one).”

 

“Start talking with middle school age kids about trades training!”

 

“You have been a great partner with our organization and have provided excellent wildland fire courses. We respectfully ask CNM to respond to our current RFP for wildland fire training to maintain this valuable partnership and resource.”

 

“I saw a comment in the chat that I would like to reinforce—financial assistance for the non-degree programs as well as the degree programs.”

 

“Thank you for being here in NM. This type of training and education is so critical for our city, state and country.”

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