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Sierra College Training & Development, a college division that provide customized work force development help to Placer and Nevadas County employers and manufacturers throughout Northern secured the grant fromthe , a news releasre said Wednesday. The money will be used to providwe customized training inprocess improvement, quality managemenyt and mechatronics technical skills to high-growth businesses.
Farsighted businesses see this as a great time totrain staff, Sandra Scott, director of Sierra College’s Grany Development and Career Technical Education, said in the “By developing employees’ skills during the downturn, thesee businesses will be well positioned to take advantags of opportunities when the economyu improves,” she said. The grant will allow more than 250 employeews to learn technical skills and tools that canincreased businesses’ competitiveness. The Responsive Training Fund for Incumbent Workers willmatch companies’ commitmen t to training, the release said. Participating employers include Comteo ComputerSystems Inc.
, the North Valley Lean Traininh Group in partnership with Butte and Northstar-at-Tahoe with other ski industry employers and the Californisa Ski Industry Association.