But we’re locking in October–December allocations for training, transportation vouchers, and resume support in King and Pierce counties, and I want to aim them where the openings are. We can fund 25 VR&E training slots and 40 coaching hours, and we have MOUs with a logistics warehouse and a hospital system; if you’re hiring or a vet looking, share role titles, shift needs, clearance requirements, and remote options so we can prioritize referrals.
For Oct–Dec in King/Pierce, aim the vouchers at early starts (4:30–6 a.m.) for hospital EVS/patient transport and Kent/Auburn picking — , we kept losing candidates until we covered the pre-dawn transit gap. > and 40 coaching hours, and we have MOUs with a logistics warehouse and a hospital system; if you’re Use about 10 of those for MOS-to-civilian mock interviews (EVS/sterile processing terms, pick-rate metrics, RF scanner basics); our referrals finally cleared first screens after that, but with the 25 VR&E slots I’d prioritize forklift + OSHA 10 over IT certs this quarter.
, the ‘late-record supplements’ fights are real — what’s worked for me is hashing every source PDF (SHA-256 via certutil) and pasting the hash + intake timestamp into the Zotero item so I can show chain-of-custody when an expert pokes at metadata: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/certutil… In CaseFleet, I snapshot the chronology when I lock ‘Bates ranges’ and tag each fact with a source version (v1, v2) so new pages land in v2 without overwriting v1; I also keep the FineReader project with the production to show OCR confidence if they attack text accuracy. You could export PDF/A from FineReader, bu.
Building on @ehudson56, I run veraPDF on the ABBYY 16 PDF/A-2b export and attach the validation report to the CaseFleet item for that Bates range (https://verapdf.org). I also add an RFC 3161 timestamp via DigiStamp and paste the token into Zotero’s Extra — it’s shut down ‘late-record’ insinuations because we can show when the 1,800-page set was fixed. Caveat: if ABBYY’s MRC compresses away marginalia, switch to ‘Keep original image’ to avoid artifacts experts nitpick.
Quick tweak that saved me under cross: after ABBYY 16, I run veraPDF (https://verapdf.org) and attach its XML validation report in Zotero; , fighting over “is this really PDF/A” wastes time. As a small extra, I set Acrobat page labels to the exact Bates numbers so the viewer shows the range, which makes the CaseFleet chronology line up cleanly with the PDFs; @rsmith05 this just makes the anchoring obvious on screen.
, finding kid-centered CEUs is harder than it should be… I did BER’s K–5 seminar through https://www.ber.org and it was practical — timed read-aloud drills for storytime pacing, quick anchor-chart templates for visual scaffolds, and sentence frames for math vocab; it counted 0.5 CEU per day. For your June 30 crunch, @OP, I stacked two BER days and filled the rest with edWeb webinars, and the strategies landed well with my kids.
Kent Valley logistics partner: we’ve slotted vets into night-shift picker/forklift (counterbalance) roles with OSHA‑10, and the hospital MOU converts fastest for sterile processing tech and patient transport. For Oct–Dec, I’d put 10–12 of the “25 VR&E slots” into sterile processing prep + BLS and aim vouchers at swing/graveyard starts across King/Pierce. Small gotcha: hospital onboarding lags on shots/backgrounds, so start folks in EVS/security while sterile processing clears.
And for your October–December window, we’ve had the best traction channeling vets into SeaTac cargo/ramp agent roles and hospital patient transport, and we used part of the “40 coaching hours” to run a weekly onboarding clinic (badging, immunizations, TWIC/TB steps) so offers didn’t stall… Small caveat: late swings need backup beyond Link headways, so earmark a slice of the transportation vouchers for post‑11 pm rides near Port of Tacoma and Southcenter. If you want titles to target, ask for “cargo agent (3–11p)” and “patient transport tech (variable)”, which both converted fast for us.
And quick win we’ve had in Kent/Auburn and Tacoma: steer a few of the 25 VR&E slots into a short WMS/RF‑scanner boot-up and TWIC if they’re headed to Port/T‑5 (skip it otherwise), then target inventory control or shipping/receiving clerk on swing shift at the logistics MOU — those teams picked up our vets in under 3 weeks. For the hospital MOU, evening EVS tech has been steady; spend 1–2 of the “40 coaching hours” on Excel labels/pivots and basic infection‑control or they’ll stall at onboarding — . @jnolan47, if you’ve seen better traction without TWIC, I’ll happily pivot.
For your October–December push, I’d target SeaTac inflight catering/galley assembler roles — WA Food Worker Card is a same-day win and the transport vouchers help with those 3–5 a.m. starts. Spend a bit of the “40 coaching hours” on SIDA badging and background packets; @rmartin195’s ramp note is solid but catering hires faster in my experience. Caveat: badge queues spike pre‑holiday, so have a hospital EVS/security track ready with CPI/MOAB as backup.
If your hospital MOU covers central sterile, @rblack2001’s hospital track pairs well with Sterile Processing Tech Trainee on swing/night; we used two VR&E slots for CRCST prep and immunizations and had offers in under three weeks. Caveat: get Hep B/TB and mask-fit done early or onboarding stalls — easy win with the transport vouchers.
We placed two vets into night Monitor Tech roles after a 2–3 week basic EKG/telemetry course plus BLS; your hospital MOU should accept that pipeline, @rblack2001 can probably vouch. Small caveat: don’t promise EMR exposure — Epic/Cerner access comes after hire — so if EKG seats are tight, steer a few slots to Hospital Supply Chain Tech on swing with pallet‑jack/forklift and handheld inventory basics via your logistics partner. The transport vouchers make those split shifts survivable.
We sped up hires by front‑loading a two‑day OSHA‑10 + PIT cert and a 90‑minute RF‑scanner lab before sending vets to night Materials Handler starts at the Kent warehouse. > with pallet‑jack/forklift and handheld inventory basics via your logistics partner. The transport vouchers make those split shifts survivable. Agreed — and if any lanes touch the port, budget the TWIC fee upfront (TWIC® | Transportation Security Administration); it saved us a week of delays.
Quick win we’ve seen: vets move fast into Patient Transport or unarmed Security on weekend swing at the hospital MOU — BLS + safe lifting for transport and WA guard card + CPI for security, @rblack2001 can align the coaching to that. The only wrinkle is guard card/backgrounds can add 2–3 weeks, so keep Patient Transport as the “fast lane” while security clears, like swapping boots for sneakers when the ruck gets heavy.