NSEDC - Education, Employment and Training Program

"You cannot hope to build a better world without improving individuals. We all must work for our own improvement, and at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity." -Marie Curie

Since 1992, NSEDC has continued to provide support to residents in its member communities through education, employment and training opportunities. This investment in human capital is for the benefit of the region's economy and fulfills the mission of NSEDC.

NSEDC offers scholarships to students enrolled full-time at an accredited college, university or vocational school. These scholarships provide supplemental funds for higher education or vocational training in the amount of $2000.00 per semester or training session.

The NSEDC Board of Directors feels that there is no better way to stimulate economic development in the Norton Sound region than to invest in the education of our residents enabling them to take the jobs that are available in the region, that normally went out to outside expertise. From 1992 to 2007, the NSEDC Scholarship Committee, on behalf of the NSEDC Board of Directors, has awarded over $2,500,000 in scholarships.

NSEDC Scholarship Guidelines
NSEDC Scholarship Application
NSEDC Continuing Scholarship Application
S.P.A.N.S Application

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The NSEDC EET Program also provides employment opportunities to residents of the region including jobs under NSEDC, Norton Sound Seafood Products, Aleutian No. 1, and CDQ partners, Glacier Fish Company. NSEDC provides internship opportunities under NSEDC, Glacier Fish Company (GFC), Kawerak, Inc., and the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. In addition, NSEDC promotes employment opportunities in the Bering Sea fisheries. For interested seafood processors, who prefer to work on land, jobs are available on land with Westward Seafoods and Icicle Seafoods.

NSEDC works with GFC, who harvests our Pollock in the Bering Sea with the F/T Pacific Glacier and the F/T Northern Glacier. Harvesting our halibut and sablefish, GFC also operates our long-liner vessels, the C/P Norton Sound and the C/P Glacier Bay. Our CDQ Crab is harvested by the F/V Aleutian No. 1. Other jobs are available with Ocean Peace, Seafreeze Alaska Limited Partnership, Concept Fisheries LLC, and Royal Aleutian Seafoods, Inc.

Vessels

NSEDC Bering Sea Fisheries Employment Opportunities
NSEDC Employment Application

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Realizing that commercial fishing in Alaska is one of the most dangerous occupations, NSEDC invests heavily in the safety of our seafood processors. Since 1992, NSEDC has sponsored the Fisheries Safety Orientation Class at the Alaska Vocational Technical Education Center (AVTEC) in Seward, where ten days of safety training is taught. Close to 600 seafood processors have been trained at $2,000 per resident.

All expenses for transportation, food, lodging, and training tuition are paid by NSEDC. In compliance with the U.S. Coast Guard Zero Tolerance law, all trainees must submit to a drug screen urinalysis with negative results and abstain from alcohol. The certified seafood processors of this program are eligible for hire by Glacier Fish Company of Seattle and other trawler companies and seafood employers on sea and/or on land. During the training, Glacier Fish Company Human Resources Personnel from Seattle interview trainees for possible employment. Each trainee must have two pieces of identification to work on the high seas, a picture identification (i.e. Alaska Driver's License, Alaska State identification) and a birth certificate or Social Security card.

Other training opportunities NSEDC has sponsored in our member communities include Global Positioning System (GPS) training, Marine Crew Safety training, and AMSEA Drill Instructor training.

These training opportunities are available upon request from the communities. A minimum of 10 interested residents is required before the training can be approved.

Depending on their positions, Norton Sound Seafood Product personnel have received training in OSHA Safety Regulations, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point, Refrigeration, and Quality Control

NSEDC Fisheries Safety Orientation Training Class Application
Required Competencies

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Please contact Jerry Ivanoff for more information.

Jerry Ivanoff
Education, Employment & Training Coordinator

Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation
420 L Street, Suite 310, Anchorage, AK 99501, Phone 1-907-274-2248, Fax 1-907-274-2249
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