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EGCC Sets Shale Training Info Session in Lisbon
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- Eastern Gateway Community College will host an information session May 21 on upcoming shale gas training classes of the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center in Lisbon. The event will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The event will provide information on entry-level jobs, the training programs offered by the college, program requirements and what is involved in the application process, said Tracee Joltes, assistant director of workforce outreach at the college. The session is free and requires no registration.
"The gas industry has clearly stated its preference for a local work force and is committed to hiring local employees as fast as workers can be identified and trained,” Joltes noted.
"The biggest challenge to building a well-prepared local work force for the gas industry rests in recruitment and pre-employment training for this industry especially because of its unique culture," Joltes continued. "Eastern Gateway will offer recruitment and pre-employment training in high-priority occupations, targeted by the ShaleNET grant, which include derrick operator, rotary drill operator, service unit operator, roustabout, welder/brazer and commercial driver's license. Successful graduates of these programs will possess the entry level skills and aptitudes necessary for successful entrance into the industry.”
Eastern Gateway has been working to develop relationships with local oil and gas companies to support the ShaleNET training efforts by making their work sites available to the trainees and committing to interview successful completers as their workforce needs dictate, she added.
As a partner to the ShaleNET grant, the college applied for training funding to offer these initial classes for free or at discounted rates. The ShaleNET grant -- Marcellus ShaleNET, a comprehensive recruitment, training, placement and retention strategy for jobs in the Marcellus Shale gas industry -- was launched in 2011 with a $4.964 million community-based job training grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Several community colleges are participating from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Eastern Gateway is the only college from Ohio participating in this grant program.
For more details on the information session or scheduled training, call 800 682-6553, ext. 310.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.