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The Great Lakes Towing Company Honored by Cuyahoga Community College as Industrial Manufacturing Employer of the Year

12/02/2015

The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny was named the 2015 Indus­tri­al Man­u­fac­tur­ing Employ­er of the Year by Cuya­hoga Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lege on Thurs­day, Novem­ber 19, 2015 at the annu­al Work­force Com­mu­ni­ty and Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment Employ­er Appre­ci­a­tion Luncheon.

The Work­force, Com­mu­ni­ty and Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment Divi­sion of Cuya­hoga Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lege (Tri‑C) invit­ed com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers and advo­cates from across North­east Ohio to the Employ­er Appre­ci­a­tion Lun­cheon to rec­og­nize employ­ers that have sup­port­ed the College’s aca­d­e­m­ic, cer­tifi­cate, cre­den­tial­ing and stu­dent intern­ship programs.

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Cre­at­ing a work­force pipeline has been a pri­or­i­ty for The Great Lakes Tow­ing Com­pa­ny and its Ship­yard for sev­er­al years. As a com­mu­ni­ty part­ner, The Com­pa­ny has a long his­to­ry of incor­po­rat­ing com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment into their cor­po­rate cul­ture by part­ner­ing with Saint Mar­tin de Por­res High School (a Cristo Rey Net­work School), Cleve­land Munic­i­pal School District’s Max S. Hayes High School and Cuya­hoga Com­mu­ni­ty College’s Work Force Train­ing program.

In Fall 2015, the Com­pa­ny col­lab­o­rat­ed with Cuya­hoga Com­mu­ni­ty College’s Work Force Train­ing pro­gram to aid in the devel­op­ment of the weld­ing pro­gram cur­ricu­lum. With con­tin­u­al changes to tech­nol­o­gy and stan­dards, the Com­pa­ny works with Cuya­hoga Com­mu­ni­ty Col­lege instruc­tors to ensure stu­dents are receiv­ing the most up-to-date train­ing. This year, the Ship­yard is also par­tic­i­pat­ing in an intern­ship pro­gram spon­sored through the Mag­net Work­force and Tal­ent Devel­op­ment Pro­gram by Ohio Means Jobs and the Make it in Amer­i­can Grant that the Med­i­na Coun­ty Work­force Devel­op­ment is pro­vid­ing to North­east Ohio weld­ing stu­dents. Cor­po­rate part­ners can then choose to hire interns fol­low­ing the ten-week program.

 

2015 Award Recipients

  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING — The Tech­nol­o­gy House
  • WORKFORCE — Uni­ver­si­ty Hospitals
  • IT — ASGMi
  • ADVANCED TRAINING ACADEMY — Hose Master
  • INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING — The Great Lakes Tow­ing Company
  • HEALTHCARE — Brook­dale West­lake Village
  • PRIVATE SECURITY — Cleve­land Met­ro­pol­i­tan School District
  • TRUCK DRIVING ACADEMY — Lancer Insur­ance Company
  • MANUFACTURING — Swagelok
  • POLICE ACADEMY — Loz­ick Family