Governor John Kasich was in Piqua recently to highlight one of Ohio’s workforce training programs and how it’s helping Ohioans improve their skill-sets. The Daily Call has more below:
PIQUA – Madan Baral, a senior project engineer at Hartzell Air Movement, has the ability to create three-dimensional models of large fans without a blueprint thanks to computer training he and his department colleagues received this year as part of the Ohio Incumbent Workforce Training Voucher Program launched in January.
Baral was among several speakers who shared the podium with Governor John R. Kasich on Monday afternoon in the 50,000-square-foot high bay area at Hartzell. The purpose of the get-together was to laud the success of the training voucher program, which enables businesses to upgrade the skills of their existing workforce. Hartzell Air Movement is one of more than 450 companies – including four in Miami County – that collectively applied for $20 million in training vouchers during the program’s first round. Other county employers who benefited include the Clopay Building Products Co. Inc.; Hartzell Industries Inc.; Industry Products Inc. and P&R Specialty Inc.
Addressing nearly three dozen local businessmen, educators, city officials and State Representative Richard Adams and Senator Bill Beagle, Kasich celebrated the launch of the second round of Ohio’s “highly successful” voucher program and indicated $30 million in training vouchers became available to businesses and workers on Monday. “Within 15 minutes this morning,” quipped Kasich, “applications were already received for $25 of the $30 million…it’s like buying Rolling Stones tickets.” Kasich indicated more financial resources will be needed to accommodate the myriad requests adding the voucher program has been “a smashing success.”
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“Ohio’s economy is coming back, companies are growing again and our workforce is getting stronger,” suggested Kasich, a former congressman. “We need to keep pushing ahead to ensure that our job creators have the resources they need to be competitive in a global economy and that starts with skilled employees. These vouchers help get Ohio workers the training they need so their companies and our entire state economy can continue to grow.”
You can learn more about this program and read the entire story here.
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