(Beaver Dam) Moraine Park Technical College was recently awarded over $1.1-million-dollars in Workforce Advancement Training grants. The College’s Economic & Workforce Development team submitted six grants for $1,178,314 from the Wisconsin Technical College System – the highest in the state for two consecutive years.
Moraine Park received full funding for all six grants which will support over 54 companies and almost 7,000 hours of training. MPTC’s Dean of Economic and Workforce Development JoAnn Hall says they are continuously thankful to the Wisconsin Technical College System for the significant grant support.
The grants were written for consortium initiatives in quality and advanced manufacturing, industrial maintenance, advanced automation and robotics, leadership, welding, fabrication and supervision.
The Wisconsin Technical College System has distributed grants since 2005 to support employers in their efforts to retain and advance the skills of their workforce. Grant funds promote increased investment in the development of incumbent workers, improve Wisconsin businesses’ productivity and competitiveness, and expand technical college training to local businesses and industry.
The grant process involves discussions with company leaders from several business areas to uncover regional challenges and needs such as increasing sales, fulfilling greater customer demands, recruiting and retaining employees, and more. MPTC conducts a business assessment, and in collaboration with individual companies, develops a long-range strategic training plan that focuses on their specific goals. One example of this collaboration is Moraine Park’s partnership with Didion, a local company benefiting from specialized training made possible by grant funding.
