covid-19 resources

Thank you for all you are doing to maintain the supply chains to produce critical equipment for our healthcare partners. We commend you for your willingness to repurpose and retool your facilities to increase production of these supplies to keep our community safe.

Call To Action

Ohio Emergency PPE Makers’ Exchange

Greater Akron Chamber Request for Personal Protection Equipment Donation

OMA: Ohio Manufacturing Alliance – Repurposing & Retooling to make PPE

PCs for People Request for donated PCs (i3 processors or higher), keyboards, and/or VGA cables

Additional Resources

Summit County COVID-19 Small Business Emergency Relief Grant Program

Bureau of Workers’ Compensation

SharedWork

SHRM – Society for Human Resources Management COVID-19

CARES Act - Federal Coronavirus Relief Bill

EPA – Environmental Protection Agency guidance on compliance and enforcement with COVID-19 disruptions

Federal and Ohio bills and orders

Ohio Department of Health

OMA: Ohio Manufacturers’ Association – COVID-19

Responsible Protocols For Getting Ohio Back To Work

Sector Specific Operating Requirements

U.S. Export Regulations

U.S. Food and Drug Administration – Coronavirus Disease 2019

US Department of Labor – COVID-19 and the American Workplace

If you have manufacturing hiring needs or your organization works with clients who may be a great fit for a career in manufacturing, join us as we work together to develop solutions to help the manufacturing sector gain access to a skilled workforce.

Get Involved: Contact Jenny Stupica for more information

Key Strategies

Align the talent system

Build the high school career pipeline

Generate awareness of manufacturing career opportunities and training for adults

Five recent graduates celebrate employment straight out of high school

Girls in STEM ' Teenagers explore manufacturing jobs

Next Sector Partnership Meeting POSTPONED

Date TBD

Manufacturing Summer Camp

Industry Led . Demand Driven . Data Informed . Collective Action

Manufacturing has been the heart and soul of our community for many years, positioning Akron, Summit County and Northeast Ohio as a competitive regional economy and global player. Our goal is to ensure companies have access to the talent they need to remain competitive and grow. It’s also important to us that every resident can access good-paying jobs that lead to great careers in manufacturing. So, we support manufacturing leaders to collaborate with education and training partners to design curriculum that prepares people with relevant skills. Workforce partners are at the table to build capacity to connect people with opportunities. And together, partners generate solutions to fill gaps in the talent supply chain and remove barriers to employment.

There is no more pressing issue among Ohio manufacturers than recruiting, retaining and training workers for short term success and long-term sustainability.

The Ohio Manufacturers’ Association (OMA) has partnered with California State University, SkillsCommons to provide easy access to high-quality FREE and OPEN training resources for Ohio manufacturers and their workforce partners!

You’ll find high-quality programs which can be offered in-house or in partnership with local educational institutions. There’s no need to reinvent the wheel. Create your optimum training program by reviewing and customizing the SkillsCommons training materials, developed by community colleges nationwide and evaluated by Ohio manufacturing subject matter experts to ensure quality.

The training materials have been evaluated by subject matter experts, including industry experts, to ensure quality.
An OMA-SkillsCommons commissioned work group curated content for Ohio’s manufacturers.
The resources in SkillsCommons are available to users at NO CHARGE through the Creative Commons CC BY licensing agreement so users can customize the materials, including rebranding, to meet their requirements.

industry sector partnerships