Press Conference Held To Announce
No Cost Training Program

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 – The Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette, Inc. held a press conference to announce the kickoff of the Southwestern PA Manufacturing Boot Camp (MBC) program.

The Westmoreland-Fayette Workforce Investment Board, in partnership with the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette, Inc., Catalyst Connection, and Westmoreland County Community College recently obtained funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to fund this program designed to get workers trained and employed as quickly as possible in family sustaining, high-priority manufacturing occupations within the region.

The MCB program provides 200 hours of free manufacturing-specific skills training over a five week period to qualified individuals. Upon graduation, job search and placement assistance will be provided to place program participants into permanent, self-sustaining, unsubsidized positions. Graduates of the program will have access to multiple pathways to employment through program endorsement by some of the region’s leading manufacturing firms.

Those interested in participating in the Southwestern PA’s Manufacturing Boot Camp should contact PA CareerLink® Westmoreland, 151 Pavilion Lane, Youngwood, PA 15697, (724) 755-2145.