GTCC training programs get new grant

The High Point Enterprise, N.C.
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Feb. 27—JAMESTOWN — Guilford Technical Community College was recently awarded $310,000 from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support its construction and trade workforce-training programs.

Those programs include apartment maintenance, HVAC/refrigeration, electrical and a new 10-week construction course.

The goal is to assist 45 students to complete construction trades courses, with an additional 30 students earning third-party credentials by the end of the first year.

The funding will also be used to enhance the college's current English for Speakers of Other Languages Integrated Education and Training pathways into craft skills for construction and apartment maintenance, as well as to launch a new pathway into HVAC/refrigeration. These programs integrate language skills for non-native English speakers so students can learn terminology and communication skills needed for the workplace.

The Golden LEAF Foundation awarded a total of $8.5 million in funding for 13 projects through the Community-Based Grants Initiative in the Piedmont-Triad Prosperity Zone. These projects will support agriculture, job creation and economic investment, and workforce preparedness in Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham, Surry, and Yadkin counties.