San Diego Continuing Education or San Diego Community College District(ETi) is providing a series of customized training classes to the Port of San Diego through a new contract relationship with the Employee Training Institute (ETi). ETi provides customized workforce training to businesses and organizations in San Diego through individual contracts based on business needs.
“The port came to us with (a) topics they believed were important to their employees,” said Cassandra Storey, Director of ETi. “Then we organized a needs analysis with management from each group in order to create a training program.”
Specifically, the employees in the General Services department at the Port are enrolled in the training programs. “This customized training helps employees in areas specific to their day-to-day jobs,” said Marco Cromartie, Director of General Services at the Port of San Diego. “It also serves as a healthy dose of motivation, which supports internal morale.”
General Services is made up of five areas, and represents about 90 of the total employees at the Port of San Diego. The weekly training continues every Wednesday through August, and is mandatory for employees and the Port. “We’ve already seen the benefit in employee engagement,” said Karen Porteous Vice President, Administration at the Port of San Diego. “Our long-term goal as an organization is to maintain a culture and environment that maximizes professional development opportunities for our employees and we’re already looking into the next phase of training options.”
ETi provides expertise and skill development to organizations that ultimately contribute to the economic development of the San Diego region. Training is generally offered in areas that complement programs and services within the San Diego Community College District. The customized training for the Port of San Diego is a collaboration with Grossmont-Cuyamaca District.