NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Career Pathways
Great News! The Northeast PA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership has been awarded one of only five PA Career Pathway Pilot Projects in the State by the PA Department of Labor & Industry. Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board, Inc. receives $134,315.00 from the PA Department of Labor & Industry to implement the PA Career Pathway Pilot Project. The funding provides the next element of focus for the Northeast PA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership’s Career Pathway Model.
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How do I use the NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Career Pathways Model?
The NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Career Pathways Model works like a roadmap for employers and employees. Employees enter an organization with the basic skills and competencies required for employment. Once on the job, employees can then gain the necessary technical and industry skills through their on the job experience. Employers can provide training and career guidance to assist the employee as they move into other positions. The skills and training needed for each position in the Logistics & Transportation Industry are outlined in the NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Career Pathways Model making it easy for employees and employers to see the next step!
How can a company use the NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Career Pathways Model?
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With this model employees are more likely to stay on the job and employers can use the career ladder as a tool during recruitment to advertise and promote a “career” within the company.
It’s easy to use. Are you interested in a position as a tractor-trailer driver, diesel mechanic, logistics planning, customer service, dispatcher, safety manager or packager? These and many more positions are part of the NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Career Pathways Model. Click on the list below to find out more.
- Customer Service Representative/ Order Clerk (Download Brochure
) - Diesel Engine Mechanics (Download Brochure )
- General and Operations Manager (Download Brochure )
- Forklift Operator/ Truck Driver/Yard Jockey (Download Brochure )
- Laborer/Material Mover (Download Brochure )
- Light/Delivery Truck Driver (Download Brochure )
- First-Line Supervisor, Driver Manager (Download Brochure )
- Tractor-Trailer Driver (Download Brochure )
How can a company use the NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Career Pathways Model?
The NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Career Pathways Model is a collaborative tool. Employers, colleges, universities, WIB’s, chambers of commerce, technology centers, and high school/vocational school guidance departments can all work from the same model to guide job-seekers and students to careers in the NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry.
The NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Career Pathways Model developed for the NEPA Logistics and Transportation Industry Partnership combines a competency approach with a career ladder model. Similar to the arrangement of an organizational chart, Pathways allow for skills and competencies to be grouped by similar functions (or departments) within the company.
NEPA Logistics & Transportation Industry Partnership Career Pathways then goes one step further and indicates the skills and competencies required for each individual occupation. When laid out in its entirety, both the employee and employer have a clear understanding of what is required to move to another occupation – either within the same Pathway, or into a new Pathway.