Job training set for Bay de Noc Community College

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin today announced support for new high-tech job training opportunities for workers whose jobs were outsourced and veterans at Bay de Noc Community College. Even with thousands of Michigan residents looking for work, businesses across the state are reporting difficulty finding workers for many skilled positions. Bay de Noc Community College will be able to design job training programs to prepare Michigan workers with the right skills for advanced manufacturing jobs.

“For Michigan to create jobs and compete in the global economy, it’s critical our workers have the right skills and training opportunities to match the needs of emerging high-growth industries,” said Stabenow. “This grant will help Bay de Noc Community College continue to lead the way to develop and expand innovative training programs to help veterans and workers get high-skill jobs now.”

“Michigan workers can out-compete any workforce around the world if they have the opportunity to get the training and education they need,” Levin said. “These grants are important to giving Michigan workers the support they need to compete in a global marketplace.”

Bay de Noc Community College will receive a $1.5 million grant as a member in a consortium of 8 Michigan community colleges on behalf of the Michigan Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing. The award was made available through the Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training Program.

The Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training program providescommunity colleges funding to expand and improve education and career trainingprograms for workers eligible for training adjustment assistance because their jobs were sent overseas or were lost as a result of foreign trade. For more information on the trade adjustment assistance program click here: http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct.