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The Bidwell The Bidwell Training CenterTraining Center
Rafael Cancel-VazquezRafael Cancel-Vazquez Jason LallyJason Lally
Chris MurphyChris Murphy Ben CrabtreeBen Crabtree
Zack ReskaZack Reska Dave PierceDave Pierce
Skill Development Analysis and Career Opportunities in the Pittsburgh Area
Introduction
• Analyze career opportunities• Understand skill requirements• Identify additional skills• Locate possible partnerships
Sectors
• Floral• Landscaping• Greenhouse/nursery• Agriculture• Biotechnology• (Bio)pharmaceutical
General Overview
• Pittsburgh Scenario• Job Description• Employment• Bidwell’s Courses• Suggested Courses• Partnerships• Recommendations
Floral Industry
Job Description
• Floral Designers• Create decorations with
flowers for parties, weddings, etc based on customer orders
• Work for themselves• Creativity is crucial
Skills Required
• Hard working• Motivated• Willingness to learn• Good with your hands• Able to work under pressure
Education
• High School• Vocational and technical
school• Penn College of
Technology
Employment Pittsburgh Area
• 700 employed florists • $8.50 per hour• $17,610 per year
Graphs• Annual Wages
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Floral Shops 81%
Grocery Stores 14%Lawn and Garden 3%
Gift Shops 2%Other 1%
Graphs• National Annual Wages
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LandscapingDoes a green
thumb mean a wallet full of
green?
Pittsburgh Scenario
• Small and Medium Sized Firms• High Turnover Rate• Seasonal• Low Growth: 0.2%• A Fit for Bidwell Graduates?
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ReplacementGrowth
Distribution of Job Openings Per Year for the Pittsburgh MSA
Job Paths• The Low Road
– From Low to Medium to High Skill
• The High Road
The Low Road• Low Skill• Start at the bottom
– Lawn/Landscape Technician
• Skill through experience
• Advancement
The Low Road• Medium Skill• First-line
supervisors• Skill through
experience• Advancement
The Low Road
• High Skill• Small Business
Owner• Capital Investment• Licensing
The High Road• Landscape Architect• Bidwell• Penn State Branch• Penn State U.Park• Graduate School?
Employment
Distribution of Workers in Pittsburgh Landscape Sector
5,700
44070
Landscaping and GroundskeepingWorkers
First-Line Supervisors/Managersof Landscaping, Lawn Service,and Groundskeeping Workers
Landscape Architects
Pittsburgh MSA, 2002
EmploymentMean Annual Salary of Landscape Sector Workers in Pittsburgh
$20,860
$30,830
$44,130
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$10,000$15,000$20,000$25,000$30,000$35,000$40,000$45,000$50,000
Landscaping andGroundskeeping Workers
First-LineSupervisors/Managers of
Landscaping, LawnService, and
Groundskeeping Workers
Landscape Architects
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Pittsburgh MSA, 2002
Bidwell’s Coursework• Business, Business,
Business• Pesticide Education• Basic Botany
Suggested Additions• More Business!• Management/
Leadership• Interpersonal Skills
The Bidwell Advantage• Interest in Career• Formal Education
– Business Skills
Recommendations• Strong Potential for Medium Skill Jobs• High Skill for Most Gifted/Dedicated• Increase Business Training• Establish Apprenticeships
Greenhouse
Job Description: Physical Demand
• Movement• Carry loads• Repetitive• Handle heavy
objects• Long hours
Job Description: Attention to Detail
• Dexterous with hands• Detect changes in light, temperature,
and color differences• Plant preparation
Job Description: Interpersonal Interactions
• Customer service• Transportation of plants
Starting at Bidwell
Beginner classes in:• Mathematics• Typing• English• Reading• GED preparation
Bidwell: Courses
• Botany• Plant Propagation • Greenhouse management• Pesticide• Business management• Others, totaling 780 hours
PSU McKeesport
• Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) Program
PSU University Park
• Horticulture, BS• Business/production option• Science option
University Park: Sample Courses
• Pomology• Plant/water relations• Horticulture business management• Plant nutrition/propagation• Horticultural systematics
Pittsburgh
• Entry level pay as low as $15k• Managers earn up to $40k• Experienced managers $50k and up
Pittsburgh
• Pay rates close to national leaders in Salinas, CA
• Less than 200 greenhouse employees• What those numbers indicate
How Pittsburgh ComparesMean Hourly Greenhouse Wages
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Pittsburgh Salaries
• Mean Pittsburgh Salaries close to national leaders, Salinas, CA
• Much greater than national averages
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Self-employment
• Helps growth• Increases market• Minimal investment costs• Determine market• Retail or wholesale?• Growth is exponential
Conclusion
• Careers can be valuable• Work for what you get• Constantly growing
Agriculture
Pittsburgh Scenario
• Declining agriculture throughout Pennsylvania
• Sprawl and development• Expansion in public sector• Expansion in nonprofit sector
Job Description
• General Farm Work– Propagate plants– Monitor growth– Check for pests (IPM)– Harvesting– Supply chain
management
Job Description
• Room for upward movement– Management– Supervision
• Atypical jobs in agriculture– USDA Inspector– Nonprofit work
Employment Pittsburgh MSA
• 52 General Farms in the region• $345 per week• $17,940 per year
Employment Pittsburgh MSA
• Other occupations– Graders and sorters– Inspectors, agricultural products– Production inspectors– Supervisory roles
Bidwell’s Coursework
• Agriculture/Horticulture Industry Today• Taxonomy• Basic Botany• Plant Propagation• Pesticide Management• Business Communications• Safety
Suggested Courses
• Agriculture policy• Sustainable methods in production• Soil sciences
Partnerships
• Outreach• Education
Biotechnology
Biotechnology
Use of living organisms to produce engineered products that are able to modify health or the environment.
Pittsburgh Scenario
• “One of the less expensive cities in which to operate a biomedical research and product development facility” (recent study by The Boyd Company Inc.)
Pittsburgh Scenario
• Youthful industry growing quickly• Well organized sector• PABIOTECH Association
– Facilitates access to PA’s scientific, educational, political, & financial services
– Creates commercial opportunities– Public policy strategies
Pittsburgh Scenario
• Innovation Works • Publicly funded venture capital organization • Invests in technology startups in
Southwestern Pennsylvania.• Increase new enterprise success rate by
providing to the highest potential technology companies
• Access to risk capital, business expertise, and third party resources.
Pittsburgh Scenario
• Innovation Works• Hands-on support, guidance, and
investment • Help companies maximize their
chances to attract additional capital and achieve commercial success
Pittsburgh Scenario
• Public/private partnership• Founded by UPitt, Carnegie Mellon
University, UPMC Health System, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• PLSG invests in and supports the growth of regional life sciences companies.
Pittsburgh Scenario
• Concentrates on four core research areas”– Drug discovery tools and
targets– Medical devices– Tissue and organ
engineering– Therapeutic strategies for
neurological disorders.
Pittsburgh Scenario
• Pittsburgh region committed to a 10-year, $600 million initiative
• Catalyze the growth of its biotechnology sector to attract capital, talent, firms and technologies.
• Unique opportunity to lead biotechnology sector.
Pittsburgh Scenario
• University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University through BioVenture
• Initiative aimed at ensuring Southwestern Pennsylvania as a leader in the biotech revolution
• Spurred by the human genome project and to increase research funding
Pittsburgh Scenario – $600 million
• Total increase in direct biosciences private employment of 5,087 jobs
• Additional induced employment accounting for more than 10,600 jobs
• Total increase in startup firms of 90
• Relocations of 25 firms (with average size of 32 employees 10th year)
• $334 million in leveraged federal and other funds to the region
Job Description
• Biological Technicians• Assist biological and medical
scientists in laboratories. • Performs routine tasks and
analytical procedures under the supervision of a research scientist
• Set up, operate, and maintain laboratory instruments and equipment
Job Description
• Monitor experiments• Make observations• Calculate and record
results • Analyze organic
substances (e.g., blood, food, and drugs)
Employment Pittsburgh Area
• 66 biomedical/biotechnology firms in the region employ more than 5,300 people
• $16 per hour• $34,000 per year
Bidwell’s Coursework
• Safety and First Aid• Technical Mathematics 1 & 2• Introduction to Computers and Applications• Instrumental Analysis 1 & 2• Quantitative Analytical Techniques• Chemistry Laboratory Techniques• General and Inorganic Chemistry 1 & 2
Suggested Courses
• Microbiology• Botany• Zoology• Genetics• Cell Biology
Partnerships
• Lectures• Hands-on laboratories
Partnerships
• University of Pittsburgh• With Carnegie Mellon - Strongest Life
Sciences Departments in the U.S.
Biopharmaceuticals and
Pharmaceuticals
Pittsburgh Scenario
“The new Pittsburgh has reinvented itself as a high-tech and medical center, with a thriving downtown area…”
-Pittsburgh.com
Pittsburgh Scenario
Growth in the Pittsburgh biotechnology and (bio)pharmaceutical fields is fostered by the Pittsburgh Lifesciences Greenhouse Organization.
Possible Jobs
• Pharmacy aide or technician.• Pharmaceutical sales.• Lab technician.
Job Description: Pharmacy aide or technician
• Fill prescriptions: count pills, mix drugs, etc.
• Complete paperwork.• Help senior pharmacist• Technicians do the more complicated
pharmacy work and tend to get paid more.
Employment Pittsburgh Area
• Pay scale: mean income 2002.– Pharmacy technician: $21,570.– Pharmacy aide: $15,130.
• Work at hospitals, nursing homes, and pharmacies (e.g. Rite Aid, CVS).
Education
• Bidwell training center: Pharmacy technician Program.– 30 week program + 6 week internship.– Courses in math, pharmacology, human
anatomy, etc.
Job description: Pharmaceutical sales
• Travel to hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacies to:– Educate doctors about your company’s
drugs.– Recruit new drug accounts.
Employment Pittsburgh Area
• Often work for commission, which means your salary is dependent on your selling ability, can make as much as 40-65k.
Education:
• Two year associate’s degree.• Can be certified by American
Pharmaceutical Sales Association.
Job description: lab technician
• Conduct experiments.• Enter and analyze data.• Assist senior scientists.
Employment Pittsburgh Area
• Pay scale: start at 11.00-13.00/hour (Pittsburgh.com want ads) .
• Work in university research labs, privately owned research & development labs, hospitals, etc.
Education
• Bidwell training center: Chemical laboratory technician program.– 1 year program + 240 internship hours.– Courses in math, chemistry, physics,
analysis techniques, computers, and lab safety.
Job Possibilities
• Low: few low level jobs.• Mid: pharmacy technician, lab
technician• High: pharmacist, pharmD, PhD in
Pharmacology– Require extensive higher education.
Partnerships
• University of Pittsburgh: PharmD.– 6-year program that trains people to be
pharmacists.– First 2 years are preprofessional courses
in chemistry, biology, english, and math.– Next 4 years spent learning about
pharmacology and how to be a pharmacist.
– Can expect to make 68,000/year.
Partnerships
• Penn State University: PhD in Pharmacology.– Hershey Medical School.– Must have a BS, possible MS for
admittance.– Coursework like for PharmD, but also
learn how to do research.– Takes 4 years +– Prepares you to teach or perform
research.
Mean yearly income for Pharmacists 2000-2002
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Mean income for Pharmacy Technicians 2000-2002
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Mean income for Pharmacy Aides 2000-2002
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Recommendations
• Floral $17,600• Landscaping
– Low skill $20,860– Medium skill $30,830
• Greenhouse/nursery $18,070• Agriculture $17,000• Biotechnology $34,000• (Bio)Pharmaceutical $30,000
Average Annual Income
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Landscaping (midskill)Biopharmaceutical
Landscaping (lowskill)Greenhouse
Floral
Agriculture
Recommendations
Number of jobs per sector• Floral 700• Landscaping
– Low skill 5,700 – Medium skill 440
• Greenhouse/nursery 200• Agriculture 2,000• Biotechnology 5,300• (Bio)pharmaceutical
– Pharmacist 1,980– Pharmacy Aids 530
Jobs
Recommendations
• Priority Sectors for Bidwell:– HIGH
• Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutical– MID
• Landscaping and Greenhouse– LOW
• Florist and Agriculture
Special Considerations
• Form partnerships with private sector and academic institutions
• Internships • Request funds