Get grant-funded skills training for your employees with no tuition costs to you or your employees.
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New Jersey Statewide Literacy Grant
Manufacturing Skills Initiative: Participate in Annual Survey
The Basic Skills Workforce Training Grant was initiated in 2007 and is a partnership of the New Jersey Department of Labor, the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA) and the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development (Consortium). It is open to all New Jersey privately-owned businesses and organizations. Participating employers must be in compliance with New Jersey tax law.
Basic skills or employability training is available in:
- Communications (written, verbal and customer service)
- English as a second language
- Mathematics & measurement
- PC Skills (Microsoft OS, Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint)
- Spanish in the workplace
- Other course offerings subject to availability
The training is grant-funded and available to all of your employees. Community college instructors will customize their course offerings to address the specific needs of your company. Classes can be held at your facilities (minimum of 10 employees) or at a nearby county college. Through this program, tens of thousands of employees with thousands of companies have received instruction.
