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Hello Operator! The Safety
Council Opens Its Doors to Provide Skill-Based Training for Existing Workers |
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Safety Council member company PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer is taking advantage of funds available through the Louisiana Department of Labor
(LDOL) to provide skill-based training and assessments for its process operators. Your company may also be able to secure funding through the LDOL
Incumbent Worker Training Program (IWTP) to assess your workforce and close training gaps that might exist.
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At a recent ceremony, LDOL presented PCS with a check for more than $274,000 to be used for training of their existing employees.
PCS Human Resource Manager, Mike Hebert says, “Moving this training to the Safety Council was the best thing we could have done with this grant.” Using a previously developed operator job profile, the Safety Council has been able to assess the skills of PCS operators and train them to close identified gaps. There are over 432 occupations that have been profiled through the US Department of Labor and mapped to 26 career areas.
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Pictured Left to Right: Safety Council President/CEO,
Kathy Trahan; IWTP Program Director, Michael Harris, Esq.;
PCS Nitrogen HR Manager,
Mike Hebert; Safety Council VP of Operations, Bill Dufrene;
Grant Consultant, Dale
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A Louisiana company must meet certain requirements to apply for an IWTP grant. They also must select a Primary Training Provider, such as the Safety Council, who meets specific requirements set forth by LDOL. Both parties then develop a customized training plan. Once these steps are complete, the application must be filled out online at https://iwtp.laworks.net/Launch/LaunchPage.asp?CET=Y.
For those companies who employ 50 people or less, LDOL has designed a more streamlined program called Small Business Employee Training (SBET). The Safety Council is an authorized Training Provider for that program as well. See the article titled “Receive $3K Per Employee for Training?!?” in this month’s Gotta Minute? for additional info. For more detailed information about these programs visit LDOL’s website at www.laworks.net.
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