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Owens Partners with Dana Incorporated to Provide Workforce
Training
Special to The Truth
Owens Community College last week announced a new
partnership with Dana Incorporated to provide workforce
development and training for Dana’s new driveline
manufacturing facility in Toledo, Ohio. The training program
is anticipated to begin in the spring of 2017, coinciding
with the hiring process for the facility.
“Owens Community College is very excited to partner with
Dana in developing its next generation of plant employees
here in Northwest Ohio,” said Mike Bower, Ph.D., president
of Owens Community College. “We welcome this type of
collaboration, for it demonstrates how Owens’ strength in
workforce education can be deployed to benefit business
throughout our region and to further promote Ohio’s economic
growth.”
Owens will develop and provide custom short-term training
that addresses skills required at an advanced manufacturing
facility. These include aptitude in basic math functions;
manual dexterity; mechanical reasoning; and training in
workplace safety, fundamentals for programmable logic
controller operations, and the fundamentals and
troubleshooting techniques associated with automation and
robotics.
“Dana is investing more than a quarter of a million dollars
in this program, as we are confident that it will provide
our new employees the best possible start and highest
opportunity for success when they begin working within
Dana’s brand-new, state-of-the-art facility,” said Kristi
Hill, human resources manager at Dana’s Toledo Driveline
Facility. “Start-up and production schedules for the
facility are very aggressive. With production beginning in
mid-2017, we plan to hire more than 220 employees within the
next year, all of whom will benefit from the training
provided at Owens Community College.”
In the spring of 2017, prospective employees will be able to
apply online via Dana’s career page (dana.com/careers)
and through the Lucas County Work Ready Program. For
qualified applicants, the training program will be offered
at no charge to participants. All persons successfully
completing the program will receive a certificate.
The Office of Workforce and Community Services at Owens is
the region’s leader in providing affordable training to
allow business and industry to thrive. Training is available
in almost any subject matter, including the trades, computer
skills, process improvement, and certification preparation.
To learn more about Owens workforce training, please visit
www.owensworks.com
or call (567) 661-7357.
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