SJVMA + CHAMBA Skills

Help build the workforce your company actually needs.

SJVMA is building the San Joaquin Valley’s first employer-driven picture of manufacturing skills demand. In about 20 minutes per leader, your team can identify the skills, hiring challenges, and workforce gaps affecting your company. You’ll receive a company workforce snapshot, while your aggregated input helps shape regional training and workforce investments.

Share your skills needs

Want a walkthrough first? Schedule 15 minutes with SJVMA. (opens in a new tab)

About 20 minutes per leader. No cost to participate.

Workforce snapshot

Sample

4 of 5

leaders independently named the same workforce gap, without seeing each other’s answers.

Training pipeline is thin5/5 leaders
Certified welders4/5 leaders
Retention drops at 18 months3/5 leaders
Cross-training stops at one line3/5 leaders
No successor for the plant manager2/5 leaders

Welding & fabrication capacity

Your company62%
Regional peers41%

Avg. days to fill: 72
Completed: 5
In progress: 0

Sample figures from a five-leader manufacturer. Your snapshot is built from your own leaders’ answers.

What you get.

Real insights for your company. Better intelligence for the region.

Your company snapshot

See where your leaders agree, the skills your workforce relies on most, hiring and training gaps, and the capabilities your team needs next.

This isn’t another survey.

Your input will be used to identify regional skill gaps, compare those needs with existing education and training programs, and help SJVMA work with colleges and workforce partners on where programs, credentials, and investments need to change.

Confidential by design

Your company’s individual responses and company-level results remain confidential. Regional reporting uses aggregated employer data.

A simple way to share what you need.

We know your time is valuable. The CHAMBA Skills experience is designed to get at the heart of the work your team does, in about 20 minutes per leader.

Create your account

Invite at least three leaders

Choose people who see your workforce from different perspectives, such as an executive, HR leader, plant or operations manager, supervisor, or technical leader. Different perspectives show where workforce needs are shared across the company and where they differ.

Complete the interview

Each person completes a guided 20-minute conversation at their own pace, on a phone or a laptop.

Get your results

You receive your company workforce snapshot from day one, while contributing to the regional picture.

Why we need this now.

Manufacturers across the San Joaquin Valley are navigating rising labor costs, new technologies, retirements, recruitment challenges, and changing skill requirements. Yet the data used to plan workforce programs often looks backward.

See change sooner

Identify emerging skills as technology and production processes evolve.

Strengthen the talent pipeline

Give schools and training partners a clearer picture of what employers actually need.

Invest where it matters

Use real employer input to guide programs, credentials, and workforce investments.

Grow good jobs here

Help people build the skills that connect them to better opportunities in our region.

“When employers describe the work in their own words, we can finally see the skills our region depends on, where the gaps are, and how education can respond.”

San Joaquin Valley Manufacturers Alliance

Take the first step

Let’s build a stronger workforce. Together.

Give us 15 minutes to show you how the assessment works, what your company receives, and how your participation helps strengthen the San Joaquin Valley manufacturing ecosystem.

In partnership with CHAMBA Skills
Skills today. Opportunity tomorrow.

Ready to see what your workforce is telling you?

Share your skills needs, invite your leaders, and watch your company snapshot take shape as their interviews come in. No cost to participate.

Share your skills needs

Want a walkthrough first? Schedule 15 minutes with SJVMA. (opens in a new tab)