Employ Florida Banner Centers

The Employ Florida Banner Center for Aviation and Aerospace is more commonly known as the Aerospace Resource Center. Headquartered on the Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) Cecil Center South Campus/Aviation Center of Excellence, this was the first Banner Center created through Workforce Florida’s initiative to develop statewide, go-to centers that serve as clearinghouses for developing entry-level and advanced talent for high-value industry sectors. Joining FCCJ as a founding partner in the Banner Center is Brevard Community College.

The Aerospace Resource Center provides training, certification and support for the continuation and expansion of Florida’s aviation and space industries. Besides crafting relevant curricula that address technological advances and changing workforce skills requirements, the Aerospace Resource Center engages in business incubation initiatives, skills identification and credentialing, pipeline development and supports economic development.

The Banner Center’s Advisory Council includes representatives from:

The industry knowledge gained through the collaborative environment of the Employ Florida Banner Center initiative is creating synergistic opportunities to expand funding and the mission of the Banner Center.    

Since its inception in 2006, the Aerospace Resource Center has developed 10 curricula for the aviation and space sectors. These training courses provide aviation and space industry training for entry-level workers as well as skills upgrade training for incumbent workers—in direct response to industry-identified needs. Of those workers who have been trained using these new curricula, about 85 percent were incumbent workers and 15 percent were new hires. This training also has supported economic development efforts led by Enterprise Florida to attract or retain businesses in Florida.

Florida’s aviation and space sectors are critical to the goal of diversifying the state economy, and bolster efforts to seize business growth opportunities created in today’s knowledge-based marketplace. The Aerospace Resource Center is currently working with the Brevard Workforce Development Board in its efforts to respond to emerging workforce transition and training needs prompted by the planned retirement of the national Space Shuttle program and the shift to the new Constellation program.

The Banner Center’s work to date has been well received by industry as it seeks to continue to develop technically savvy talent that will keep Florida aviation and space businesses competitive in today’s global economy.

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