Job Skills Program
The Washington State
Job Skills Program (JSP) was established in 1983 to expand the state’s
ability to meet the short-term, job-specific training needs of industry.
The program provides grants for customized, fast-track training projects
which have 50% matching support from the recipient. The private sector
match may include cash, donated or loaned equipment, instructional time
contributed by company personnel, use of company facilities and/or training
materials. Most business-related operations are eligible for JSP training.
JSP grants can be awarded to support:
- Training for prospective
employees before a new plant opens or when an existing establishment
expands its operations.
- Upgrading for current
employees when new vacancies are created for unemployed persons.
- Retraining of existing
employees when necessary to preserve their jobs.
While each JSP training
project is unique in terms of its instruction content and objectives,
a typical sequence followed in implementing the JSP program may be:
- The company identifies
its short-term training needs and selects an educational or training
institution as a partner.
- The firm and training
institution jointly develop a customized training program.
- The training organization
prepares and submits a JSP training proposal.
- A JSP grant award
is made by the State Commission for Vocational Education, typically
within 30-60 days.
- Trainees are recruited
with the assistance of the State Employment Security Deparment.
Lower Columbia College
has worked with numerous companies including BHP Coated Steel Corp. and
others to satisfy employee training needs through on-campus classes and
custom-designed, on-site training ranging from basic literacy skills to
microcomputer operations to statistical processing controls for the electronics
industry.
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