Debbie Hatt, Executive Director

Matching Workforce Skills with Employer

Needs Now and in the Future 

A little about S.E. Utah

Total Square Miles

17,574 (21% of the entire state)

Total Population

2010 56,350

2015* 56,137

*U.S. Census Bureau-2015 Population Estimates

Historical Employment Sectors

Mining (All mineral & energy resources)

Power Generation

Transportation/Warehousing Machining/Welding

Construction (Primarily public & commercial)

Travel/Tourism

Source: Utah Department of Workforce Services

Future Employment Sectors Mining (Primarily gas/oil, potash)

Health Care

Supply Chain Management & Transportation

Education (Secondary & higher ed)

Engineering (Electrical, chemical, environmental, civil)

IT/Computer (security, robotics, instruments & controls, general programing & coding)

Source: Workforce Study-Zions Public Finance, Inc. & the SEUEDD

Employment/Workforce Gap

Training/Education Resources University of Utah-Eastern

2, 4 year and graduate degrees

Workforce development & Training (So. Ea. Utah’s ATC)

Custom Fit trainingShort Term Intensive Training (STIT)

Utah’s STEM Program: business and corporations are involved now more

than ever, and partners like Adobe, Nelson Laboratories, Utah Technology Council, ATK, Merit Medical, Goldman Sachs and IM Flash have a voice in how to reach students, parents, educators and the community.

Training/Education Partners Small Business Development Centers

Business Expansion and Retention Programs

County Economic Development Offices

Department of Workforce Services

Southeastern Utah Economic Development District

Non Traditional Education Custom Fit Training

− Quickly adapted to employer needs− Courses can be designed for specific

jobs− Flexible Scheduling− Employers can schedule multiple

training opportunities Machinists Diesel Mechanics Trucking Heavy Equipment Software Programs Training for state licensing/exams

Non Traditional Education Short Term Intensive Training

− Flaggers− CNA− Business Writing− Employee Relations− Lean Manufacturing

On-Line and Nested Education− Flexible training for workers− Allows workers to move from certificates

of completion to college and even graduate degrees as they’re able

Addressing Future Workforce Training Needs

The Workforce Training Study identified the medical/health sector as a growth industry for the region. Toward that end USU-Eastern is in the process of developing a major expansion of the Price Campus to include a new medical/health education department

USU Eastern Expansion (Price, UT Campus)− $12,000,000 Research and medical training

facility Nursing CNA Medical Assisting Pharmacy Tech Surgical Tech Radiology Tech Medical Lab Technology

USU Eastern Medical Facility 5 Acre Development Site

− 2 buildings for classrooms and labs, parking, maintenance facilities, offices, etc.

Funding will include− Private and Foundation Donations− State Funding− EDA Grant (up to $2,000,000− Rural Development Grant ($500,000)− Local Government Infrastructure Development

Students & Employees− 30 Additional employees (eventually)

Professors, assistances, administrative staff, ect.− Up to 500 additional students each year

Degrees: technical certificates to Masters in Nursing and Nursing Practitioners

To include eventual expansion of courses at the Blanding Campus

So, you think you’re rural?Los Angeles County Emery County

Square Miles Square Miles 4,752 4,472 Population Population 9,646,924 10,370