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Week of May 17 - 21, 2004

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BUREAU OF APPRENTICESHIP STANDARDS
State Electrical Apprenticeship Advisory Committee Members and Consultants

Where: WI Technical College System Foundation
One Foundation Circle
Waunakee, WI 53597
Phone: (608) 849-2400
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2004
Time: 09:30 a.m.

TENTATIVE AGENDA:

  1. Call to order (open meeting).
  2. Roll call (sign-in sheet).
  3. Member Check-in.
  4. Minutes of March 18, 2004.
  5. Machining Technician program alignment with the Tool & Die apprenticeship program; competencies in the Machining Technician program - Marcia Arndt (Moraine Park TC).
  6. Lean Manufacturing and 6 Sigma in the Technical College System - Bill Rockwell.
  7. Results of survey to Machine Tool trade apprentice employers on Trade Masters program development and future directions.
  8. Should a job book (s) be developed for Machine Tool trades?
    9. (for discussion and action).
  9. Review of program Statistics - Jerry Gross.
  10. Old business.
  11. New business.
  12. Member check-out.
  13. Adjourn.

If any questions, please call: Jerry Gross @ (608) 266-3135

Public Hearings on the Proposed Minimum Wage Increase

The Department of Workforce Development is holding 5 public hearings throughout the state this week to obtain citizen input on the proposed minimum wage increase. Hearings will be held in Janesville, Milwaukee, Eau Claire, Wausau and Green Bay. Earlier this year, a minimum wage advisory council recommended increases in the state's minimum wages from $5.15 per hour to $5.70 per hour after October 1, 2004 and to $6.50 per hour after October 1, 2005. The public is invited to attend, to speak or to submit written comments on the proposed increases.

Schedule:

Date and Time: Mon., May 17, 2004 - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Rock County Job Center
1900 Center Avenue Room K
Janesville

Date and Time: Tues., May 18, 2004 - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Milwaukee Job Center South/UMOS
1644 S. 9th Street
Milwaukee

Date and Time: Wed., May 19, 2004 - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Chippewa Valley Technical College
Clairemont Campus
Room 103 Auditorium
620 W Clairemont Avenue
Eau Claire

Date and Time: Thurs., May 20, 2004 - 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Where: UW Marathon County
Room 233 Lecture Hall
518 S. 7th Avenue
Wausau

Date and Time: Thurs., May 20, 2004 - 2:00 p.m.
Where: Brown County Central Library
515 Pine Street - Meeting Rooms 1 & 2 (downstairs)
Green Bay

If any questions, please call: Rose Lynch @ 608/266-6753



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