Covenant MFG, focated in Rocklin, CA provides precision design, manufacturing and repair manufacturer services, specializing in CNC milling.
Covenant can machine most materials including carbon, stainless, tool steels, plastics, aluminum alloys, titanium and specialty metals. Covenant also provides inspection capabilities to +/-= .0002”, including documentation.
SVMA and Charles A. Jones were recently awarded $500,000 in Workforce Recovery Grant funding from the Cities of Elk Grove and Rancho Cordova. The funding will support training these individuals in careers such as forklift driving, material handling, electro-mechanical assembly, machining, welding, and manufacturing technician. The grants will support the training of 135 residents. Program graduates will be placed with local employers and awarded placement bonuses.
Enrollment began in April 2023 and will continue through December 2024, or until grant funds are depleted due to enrollments.
Participants Will Learn:
A brief history and the importance of Lean.
Why MEPs (including Manex) still focus on Lean.
Key starting points for most small and midmarket firms.
Expected outcomes of Lean.
How to sustain Lean.
The presentation will be followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.
Presenter: Walt Tarpley
Walt Tarpley is Vice President of Client Services for The Corporation for Manufacturing Excellence (Manex). He has over 25 years of extensive manufacturing experience and expertise in general management, manufacturing operations, quality systems, engineering, and continuous improvement initiatives, including Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. As an experienced change agent, he has led numerous process improvement initiatives resulting in top-line and bottom-line growth across a range of industry sectors in 40 U.S. states and internationally
4 – 6 PM
Here’s your opportunity to meet your neighbors, strengthen the local supply chain, discuss common issues of concern, and learn about SVMA’s Education and Workforce Development Programs focused on building the next generation of manufacturing excellence in the Sacramento Region.
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El Dorado County Host
3920 Sandstone Dr,
El Dorado Hills
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Placer County Host
10620 Industrial Ave,
Roseville
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Sacramento County Host
330 Commerce Circle,
Sacramento
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Yolo County Host
2940 Ramco Street,
West Sacramento
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Rancho Cordova Host
11390 Gold Dredge Way,
Rancho Cordova
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The Folsom Lake College Manufacturing & Industrial Technology Program (MITECH) be offering a CAD/CAM class, beginning on 3/21/2023. This will be an accelerated class, lasting only 8 weeks. Classes will be held on Tues/Thurs from 5 to 7:20 pm. Classes will be held on the Folsom Lake College campus. Paul Swinney, Manufacturing Engineer with Sparrow Products, will be teaching the class.
Paul is a certified journeymen machinist (US Department of Labor and CA Dept of Apprenticeship Standards). Paul has over 20+ years of manufacturing experience and has taught SVMA CNC machinist pre-apprenticeship classes and serves as a member of the SVMA CNC machinist apprenticeship committee.Please share the attached class outline and flyer with your employees or students and encourage them to enroll today!
If you have any questions, please reach out to Paul directly at paul@sparrowproducts.com.
Faith Caplan,
Engineering & Manufacturing Lead Academy Teacher
Cordova High School, FCUSD
In recognition of International Women’s Day, the Sacramento Valley Manufacturing Alliance (SVMA), would like to recognize some of the Women in Manufacturing in the Sacramento Region and share their stories with the region’s manufacturers. If you know of a woman in manufacturing, or a woman contemplating her future in manufacturing, please share these stories, and inspire the next the generation of manufacturing excellence.
As we all know, the future of manufacturing requires inspiring the next generation through education, enlightenment and opportunities. Faith Caplan is the Engineering & Manufacturing Lead Academy Teacher at Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova. Faith has been a teacher at Cordova for 13 years.
Faith has a BS in Industrial Engineering from Oregon State. Following OSU, she worked at Hewlett-Packard for five years, taught math for 5 years at Cordova and since 2014 she has been building the engineering and manufacturing academy at Cordova.
As anyone who has collaborated with Faith knows, she is passionate about the program, serving her students and building relationships with employers in pursuit of classroom projects and employment opportunities for her students. Last summer, Faith was able to support four of her students secure employment with local manufacturers upon graduating.
Faith has noticed a change in men’s attitudes toward women in engineering & manufacturing over the years, but noted that when she graduated from OSU, only 8% of the engineering students were women. Today she notices the small things, like going to a Lowe’s and being instructed about screw sizing and threading. These experiences motivate Faith to support the female students at Cordova to follow their dreams.
Faith noted that the prevalence of gender stereotypes impedes many young women from considering manufacturing, adding that exposure to even basic hand and power tools can change their attitudes, even in class or when participating in tours of local manufacturers. Giving young women an equal opportunity in the classroom is key to their success in manufacturing. (remove in LI Story)
Faith’s words of advice to women interested in manufacturing, “You will be outnumbered. Stay focused and stand up for yourself. You have just as much reason to be there as any man.”
Faith shared that her biggest challenge is finding the time to have fun learn new things. She believes it is important that her students can see her passion and desire to learn while still having fun. Her second challenge, motivating her students to remain focused, strive for their best, and yes, not use their phones during class.
Faith shared that her personal goal is for Cordova HS to be invited to the MIT InvenTeam competition. Second, she would like to write a curriculum (making, manufacturing, STEM) that is kid-friendly and scalable depending upon the students’ ages. Manufacturers, if you share Faith’s passion and belief about inspiring the next generation, you know where to find her!