WABASH COUNTY, Ind – Grow Wabash County and our workforce partners are pleased to announce that there is another round of opportunities to enhance your career in the manufacturing industry by participating in our free training and certification programs in Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machinist, Welding, or Industrial Maintenance. Manufacturing employs more people than any other industry in the state of Indiana and here locally in Wabash County, and there is high demand for skilled manufacturing employees. Wabash County residents can gain an advantage by earning these free industry-recognized certifications.
Training courses are going on now through the end of 2018 right in Wabash County and are free to qualified applicants thanks to a grant awarded to Grow Wabash County through the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs and our partnering agencies: Northeast Indiana Works, Huntington County Economic Development, Kosciusko Economic Development Corporation, Workone of Northern Indiana, Wabash County CEDIT fund, and the Community Foundation of Wabash County.
Caylin Ortega, the first student to graduate and receive certification from this grant program, encourages others to invest time into training for their future stating, “I thought the training program was very easy to add to my schedule and was well worth it. The instructors really knew the industry that we want to enter. I would highly recommend the program to others looking to advance in the manufacturing industry.”
Classes are forming now and will be offered at convenient locations nearby including: Ivy Tech Wabash Campus, Heartland Career Center, Huntington Learning Center and Ivy Tech Orthopedic & Advanced Manufacturing Training Center in Warsaw.
Interested applicants must be residents of Wabash, Huntington, or Kosciusko county and need to go through a simple application process to be eligible for this free training opportunity. The next round of classes will start soon. To find out more about this great opportunity or to have any questions you may have answered, please contact Tenille Zartman at Grow Wabash County via phone at 260-563-5258 or by emailing her at tenille@growwabashcounty.com.