AIDT Recruitment and On The Job Update

AIDT Recruitment and On The Job Update
December 17, 2008

Get to the beach with On The Job on Jan. 4 at 2 p.m.

Dauphin Island Sea Lab students collect plankton in
the Gulf of Mexico with On The Job host Bobby Jon Drinkard .

Watch On The Job Sunday, Jan. 4, for an indepth look at unique programs the Dauphin Island Sea Lab provides. Founded in 1971 by the State Legislature, the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is Alabama's marine science education and research laboratory. Located on the eastern tip of Dauphin Island, a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, making it perfectly situated for a wide range of marine science activity.

The DISL primarily serves the 21 four-year colleges and universities of Alabama, and also works with numerous K-12 initiatives.

ThyssenKrupp Training Center to be completed June 2009

Construction of the $12 million ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless USA training center located near Calvert, in north Mobile County, will be completed in June 2009 while AIDT continues recruiting and training job seekers at temporary locations.

Successful AIDT trainees have begun filling ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless USA maintenance and operator jobs needed. AIDT recruitment and training designed to identify and prepare the best qualified job seekers opened in January 2008 and will continue until all jobs are filled in 2009 and 2010. Job fairs conducted in December by ThyssenKrupp and AIDT in Robertsdale and Prichard attracted thousands of job seekers in addition to several thousand applicants already being assessed.

The 46,500-square-foot training center, provided by the state through AIDT, will provide labs, open shop, classrooms, computer centers, conference rooms, staff offices and a multi-purpose room that will seat more than 300 people.

"This facility will be equipped with the latest technology based on ThyssenKrupp specifics," said AIDT Director Ed Castile. "The state, through AIDT, is proud to be a full partner with ThyssenKrupp."

The training center will be used for pre-employment and post-employment training for ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless USA. Specific skills training facilities will include hydraulics, pneumatics, PLC, quality, welding, machining, assembly techniques, gearing, electronic trouble shooting, crane operations, melt shop, hot roll, cold roll, hot dip galvanizing, finishing and many others.

Computer technology and professional development courses will also be conducted in the training center. Equipment used in training will be state of the art.

"The Alabama state unemployment rate is on the rise due to the downturn in the economy and the jobs being created by ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless USA will certainly boost the local economy," said AIDT Project Manager Lee Hammett.

Applications for AIDT training are still available for interested job seekers. To apply online, click here for operator or maintenance positions with ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless USA. The website address is www.jobs.aidt.edu/steel.

Maritime Science Center groundbreaking in April

This photo shows the proposed plan for the Maritime Science Center that will be built in Mobile beginning in April. The center will provide multipurpose training and education facility to assist maritime and shipbuilding companies in the Mobile area and throughout Alabama. The facility will be managed by the Alabama Community College System through AIDT and Bishop State Community College in conjunction with the Maritime businesses in the local area. AIDT will conduct training at the center to assist projects, such as C&G Boats, Bender, Atlantic Marine and Austal. The facility will also be used by ACCS for various maritime programs and by individual companies when needed for specific training or contract projects.

Career options available with Alabama businesses

Maritime welding training also available

Training and employment is open with six employers in six counties and with AIDT-Maritime Welding Training in Mobile. Opportunities available or updated this week are listed below.

In addition to serving the employers noted in the map and listed below, AIDT continues to provide pre-employment and on-the-job training and other services for a total of 90 employers in 32 Alabama counties filling 20,774 jobs.

Click the map above or links below to get details about current job opportunities. Applications are available for AIDT training and for jobs that do not require our training.

The links also provide information to contact Alabama Career Centers and other locations needed to apply for training or employment. Detailed Career Center information, including addresses and telephone numbers, is available here.

For information about employment opportunities available with AIDT, click AIDT Jobs link or visit our website online.

Career Opportunities

Chambers County-Cusseta
AJIN USA Joon LLC: Production, Maintenance

Colbert County-Cherokee
National Alabama Corp: Welding, Fabrication, Finishing, Painting, Equipment Operations Team Members
National Alabama Corp: Welding Team Member

Madison County-Huntsville
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama: Maintenance Team Members, Facilities Team Members

Mobile County-Calvert
ThyssenKrupp Steel & Stainless USA LLC: Maintenance
ThyssenKrupp Steel & Stainless USA LLC: Operators

Mobile County-Mobile
AIDT-Maritime Welding Training

St. Clair County-Pell City
WKW-Erbsloeh North America, Inc: Operation Manager, Assembly Operator, Bookkeeper/Executive Administrative Assistant, Polisher, CMM/Layout Operator
WKW-Erbsloeh North America, Inc: Polishers, Operators

Talladega County-Talladega
Nippon Oil Lubricants (America) LLC: Senior Lab Technician

Alabama's number-one business incentive provides recruitment, assessment, and training for employers creating jobs in Alabama. As Alabama's economy evolves, AIDT services continuously adapt to meet the needs of aerospace, automotive, chemical processing and bio-technology manufacturers, as well as the wide range of traditional industrial groups such as food processing, distribution/warehousing, technical services, and others.

A close working relationship with each client results in development of consistently effective processes for recruitment, selection and training of skilled and motivated employees. AIDT also provides leadership development, industrial maintenance assessment, safety assistance, process improvement assessment, and other services.

AIDT's mission for new and expanding employers creating jobs in Alabama is to recruit and train personnel to provide quality workforce development and to expand citizens' opportunities through the jobs that are created. AIDT has provided thousands of skilled, motivated employees to Alabama industries since 1971. It became the first state workforce training entity in the world to earn international ISO 9001:2000 certification for its quality management system and has been consistently ranked one of the top state workforce training agencies in the United States.