Goals

1.  Build a broad sustainable coalition of the process industry and educational institutions.

Industry: Oil, gas, mining, complex food processing, power generation, forest products, water treatment and waste water treatment

Education:  K-12 systems, private and public post-secondary systems, apprenticeship programs and the UA system.

2.  Create an effective communications network to build understanding and promote engagement among the process industry, education, labor organizations, government agencies, and Native organizations using targeted messages and a variety of media.

3.  Continuously assess the current and future workforce needs of the process industry.

4.  Assure appropriate standards based training and education opportunities exist to meet the process industry’s employment needs.

5.  Increase awareness of process industry careers and provide guidance along industry career paths, in both rural and urban Alaska.

6.  Provide for the organizational development of APICC.

BP © Photo by Chris Arendt

Vision

An Alaskan labor force that is well-trained, available and working to meet the workforce needs of the Alaskan process industry, allowing industry and workers to thrive into the coming decades.

Mission

APICC will work to ensure the availability of highly trained Alaskans, sufficient to staff the process industry competitively in the years to come through: 

Partnerships

Creating partnerships across industry segments, with educational institutions, labor organiazations and trade groups.

Leadership

Providing industry and education leadership to ensure quality and relevancy in standards based training with a strong market focus.

Awareness and Advocacy

Generating awareness of the opportunities, needs and efforts that build an Alaskan workforce for the process industry, and

Alignment

Buildng Active and productive links where APICC is aligned with existing workforce development and educatino initiatives and policy boards.