STEELPAN MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Mosaic Steel Orchestra Steelpan Manufacturing Workforce Development program teaches the basics of manufacturing to young people living in distressed communities. This program equips students with corresponding skill sets required to complete each step of the creative process (Sinking, Grooving, Preparation and Tuning) necessary to craft musical instruments from 55 Gallon Drums.

Our program presents real-world scenarios to encourage critical thinking and improve problem-solving skills. So, we cultivate technicians entering the workplace to possess “soft skills” that today’s employers expect. These include the ability to analyze a problem logically and formulate a solution, but also the ability to work in teams and to effectively communicate with others. Throughout the program there is encouragement to explore the many different areas and career paths within advanced manufacturing.

OBJECTIVES

• Learn about production processes, equipment, materials and technologies, and various career paths in advanced manufacturing

• Apply critical thinking to identify the probable causes actual problems in the steelpan manufacturing environment

• Demonstrate problem-solving skills by proposing possible solutions to the problems associated with steelpan manufacturing

OUTPUTS

• Program graduate technicians poised to enter the manufacturing industry workforce

• Steelpan instruments to supply expansion programs for Mosaic Steel Orchestra

• Revenue generated from the sale of manufactured steelpan instruments

  For more information call (757) 625-0545 ext. 1 or email us at info@MosaicSteelOrchestra.org