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It always helps to have an edge in the jobmarket.
Northeast State stands ready to give students that edge with a
recent $150,000 grant to support advanced technology
workforce training opportunities throughout Northeast
Tennessee.
The funding is provided through a Walmart Foundation grant,
which is managed by the American Association of Community
Colleges. It is referred to as the JRWA Initiative, which stands
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Susan Prohaska, College
Transitions counselor for College
Access Programs, works with
student
Tony Boyge.
for Job Ready, Willing, and Able. Northeast State was one of
only 17 colleges across the United States to receive the award.
The colleges will focus on current and potential growth of jobs
specific to their region. They will work closely with local
businesses, economic development leaders, and area
workforce systems to address the needs of the unemployed.
The JRWA Initiative aims to provide more than 5,000
unemployed adults with new skills, credentials, and jobs.
The threeyear grant
will be administered by
the College Access
Programs office at
Northeast State. The
initiative will recruit
new students to
Northeast State’s
advanced technology
programs in the
identified sectors to
assist
underemployed/unemployed individuals.
Students will get help with admissions, financial aid, career
guidance, and counseling. The program will also provide
additional support to students currently enrolled in the
identified advanced technology programs at Northeast State.
“The program will work with students to build their
employability,” said Ashley Dickson, interim director of
College Access Programs. “This means help with resume skills,
interviewing skills, and finding internship and job shadowing
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opportunities.”
Dickson said the program will provide assistance for up to 350
people.
For more information about
the grant, contact Ashley
Dickson at
or 423.354.5209.
The initiative will focus on several advanced technology
programs, such as welding, electrical, electromechanical,
machine tool, manufacturing/engineering, and chemical
process operations.
Dickson said there is an ample supply of employers with
demand for these skill sets in the region. The TriCities, like
many areas, is experiencing an aging workforce, which will
result in increasing demands for middleskill labor.
“The mission of the JRWA Initiative is to provide our area
industries and businesses with a skilled workforce, as well as
to decrease the unemployment rate in Northeast Tennessee,”
Dickson said.
Middleskill jobs, as defined by the National Skills Coalition,
Gov. Bill Haslam
signed the
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are those requiring postsecondary education below the
baccalaureate level; they make up the largest part of America’s
labor market. Highskill workers possess technical training
and industry certification or an associate’s or bachelor’s
degree in a manufacturingrelated field. Northeast State’s
Industrial Technology and Electrical Technology programs
prepare high skill workers for middleskill jobs that include
Advanced Manufacturing occupations.
In addition, manufacturing is a major industry in the
Northeast Tennessee region; the area provides onethird of
the state’s manufacturing jobs in Tennessee. Recognized as
the second largest industrial employment area in the state, it
is home to Eastman Chemical Company, Domtar Paper, A.O.
Smith Water Heaters, and other manufacturers.
Letters of support from local employers, submitted for the
College’s Master Planning process, indicate a need for
graduates from the following Northeast State Programs:
Machine Tool, Manufacturing, Welding/Metal Fabrication,
Combination Welding, ComputerAided Drafting; Industrial
Operations, and Machine Tool Operations. Wright Tool, Inc.,
A.O. Smith Water Products, Eastman Chemical, and Decanter
Machine, Inc., through letters of support for other projects,
have committed to support these programs and consider
program completers for employment.
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