Promoting the industry ~ Focused on Members Success
Promoting the industry ~ Focused on Members Success
What will PrintForce do for my company?
The goal of PrintForce is to increase significantly the number of quality, skilled workers available to the Carolina’s printing industry.
How will PrintForce make a difference?
The strategy behind PrintForce is to improve the infrastructure of printing education in the Carolinas at the high school, vocational, and two-year school level; to promote the industry through a significant career awareness effort; to employ a continuing education and training program for industry employees; and to create a Printing Education Teacher Recruitment Effort (PETRE), involving a nationally recognized university.
Do I have to be a PICA member to support this program?
No. PrintForce is a workforce development program designed to help the entire Carolina’s printing industry, regardless of your membership status with PICA.
Who will benefit from PrintForce?
Everyone. PrintForce is a far reaching effort that will impact the entire printing industry from newspapers to commercial printers to packaging converters and tag and label.
Who will guide PrintForce?
PrintForce will be guided cooperatively by Committee Chairman Ralph Moore of Commercial Printing in Raleigh; the PICA Foundation; Terrie Duncan, PrintForce Project Manager; and Jeff Stoudt, Vice President of Education.
How can I contribute to this worthwhile cause?
Fill out this PrintForce pledge card and send it to us.
Why is the campaign goal for PrintForce $2,000,000?
The plans for PrintForce require expenditures of approximately $200,000 per year to develop and implement the programs previously discussed. An additional $1,000,000 will be placed in an endowment to provide long term capital for the continuation of PrintForce. Additionally, products and services will be solicited to supplement these programs.
Exactly how will the first $1,000,000 be spent?
Of the $1,000,000 earmarked for the development and implementation of PrintForce, $400,000 will support the Career Awareness Effort, $300,000 will be allocated to the Printing Education Infrastructure Improvement Program, $250,000 will be directed to the Continuing Education and Training Effort, and $50,000 to the Printing Education Teacher Recruitment Effort.
What is expected of my company? How can my company contribute to PrintForce?
A goal of the campaign is that all printers contribute an equitable portion of the cost of PrintForce: $30 per year per full time employee for five years.
What about the other side of the industry?
Manufacturers, suppliers, and vendors are being asked to contribute to PrintForce a minimum of their sales to the Carolina’s printing industry. It is important to remember that the success of PrintForce will impact those businesses as well.
How will PrintForce benefit printing companies of all sizes?
PrintForce will insure that enough skilled, quality workers exist to satisfy the needs of the small business as well as the large. The efforts of PrintForce will greatly increase the pool of knowledgeable, skilled workers available to the industry.
