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Delivering jobs by the thousands
Jacksonville.com - July 27, 2008
There is positive news as Jaxport continues to expand—it's great news for job seekers looking for high-wage careers.
The port's client, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., promises delivery of much more than tons of consumer goods to a new 158-acre container terminal under construction at Dames Point. The deal with the Japan-based shipping giant is bringing thousands of job to Jacksonville.
Ripple effects already are reaching across Northeast Florida with warehousing, logistics and transportation companies looking to be part of the action.
Currently, the number of port-produced jobs is 50,000. Jaxport projects the total will reach 75,000 to 100,000 in the next five to 10 years. . . .
PCC Corporate College’s Supply Chain Management Institute Lands $1.2 Million U.S. Department of Transportation Grant
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Russian Reconnaissance on LCCC business tour
Lake City Reporter - June 25, 2008
Russian business executives visited Lake City
Community College for a tour of its Employ Florida
Banner Center for Logistics and Distribution on
Tuesday and the hit of the tour was the CDL/truck
driving simulator.
Several of the foreign visitors got behind the wheel
of the big-rig video simulator.
Amid raucous laughter, the group of six business
executives, one 18-year-old female student and
Russian interpreter/translator Alexandra Yurova
took turns driving the 18-wheel tractor trailer
through simulated rain storms and blizzards, "just
like in Russia," said Nicolay Zmetny, of Moscow . . .
Russian business executives visited Lake City Community College for a tour of its Employ Florida Banner Center for Logistics and Distribution on Tuesday and the hit of the tour was the CDL/truck driving simulator
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Florida Banner Center for Logistics and Distribution to Offer First AS, AAS Degree Programs in Supply Chain Management And Logistics Beginning this Fall at 2 Community Colleges . . .
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JAXPORT Report for May 2008 . . .
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Lake City Community College awarded a
federal grant of $1,885,337 for an engineering and process technology initiative
from the U.S. Department of Labor . . .
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Career Fair sponsored by JAXPORT and the First Coast Manufacturers Association (FCMA) . . .
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Steering toward tomorrow
Gainesville Sun - February 9, 2008
LAKE CITY - Patrick Downey's recent ride was a rough one. During an icy winter
storm, the 17-year veteran of driving semis had a tire blowout that rattled his
seat and nearly jerked the steering wheel out of his hands. Good thing it all
happened inside a classroom at Lake City Community College.
Downey is the instructor of a commercial driver's license class and was
at the wheel of a $108,000 simulator designed to teach big-rig rookies how
to react to dozens of real-world scenarios.
The LCCC driving program is part of a $6.2 million statewide effort by
Workforce Florida Inc. to provide training for a variety of industries. The
programs, sometimes referred to as Banner Centers, have . . .
Fortifying the future: Lake City Community College offers two-year logistics
degrees
Lake City Reporter - January 12, 2008
A few years ago, Lake City Community College gazed into its crystal ball
and saw that many industries moving into the North Florida corridor between
Lake City and Jacksonville were mega-warehouse companies similar to the
Target Distribution Center and U.S. Cold Storage facilities in Lake City.
These mega-warehouses require thousands of skilled and semi-skilled
workers every year for the burgeoning logistics and distribution industry,
school officials surmised . . .
Russian group visits LCCC
Lake City Reporter - October 20, 2007
A group of Russian businessmen got a taste of Lake City on Friday.
Hosted by the University of North Florida and the Oceanside Rotary
Club, the group was in town to check out the Lake City Community
College Florida Banner Center of Logistics and Distribution . . .
Matchmaking
Florida Trend - August 2007
Florida has lots of non-college-bound students, and employers have
plenty of high-paying, skilled-labor jobs for them. The problem is
matching employers with potential employees.
Nine out of 10 jobs in Florida by 2014 won't require a bachelor's
degree...
Also expanding are the Employ Florida Banner Center skilled labor
training centers that launched in earnest last year. The 10 centers
aim to provide more workers for critical state sectors ["Banner
Years"]. Some centers focus on long-established
industry needs such as manufacturing while others represent a state
economic wish fulfillment plan for jobs Florida wants more than has,
such as in biotechnology. There's even a matchmaking website,
employflorida.com. "I think we would be remiss if we didn't try to
get ahead of the curve," says Andra Cornelius, Workforce Florida's
vice president for business outreach . . .
College prepares to supply workers
The Orlando Sentinel - June 12, 2007
Polk Community College's Corporate College this month launched Florida's
first supply-chain certificate program, designed to train students for
increasingly high-tech jobs in logistics, distribution and transportation...
In Polk County, warehousing and distribution companies occupy more than 14
million square feet of space, and there are more than 50 transportation
companies, Kline said. The county is fast becoming the center for supply
chain in Florida, according to the Employ Florida Banner Center for
Logistics and Distribution, a statewide initiative supported by a grant to
train people for supply-chain jobs . . .
News Talk WJTK 96.5 'The Jet' Radio Spots Announcing the
Banner Center for Logistics & Distribution
Radio Spot #1 - April 2007
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New Center to Boost Training of Logistics and Distribution
Workers in Florida
News
Release - April 11, 2007
LAKE CITY - Lake City Community College has launched the Employ
Florida Banner Center for Logistics and Distribution with a $500,000 grant from
Workforce Florida, Inc. The new initiative aims to develop a pipeline of
well-qualified, entry-level workers and improve the skills of the industry's
current workforce . . .