Companies Get Job Training Grants

Continuing her efforts to support programs that help New Hampshire workers develop the skills needed for good jobs in the 21st century economy, Gov. Maggie Hassan announced recently that four New Hampshire companies have been awarded job training grants to help them train 52 workers in new skills.

The job training grants total $35,173, and the companies contributed matching funds to bring the total amount for training workers to $70,346.

“I am pleased to announce this newest round of important grants to help New Hampshire workers develop skills for high-quality jobs at growing businesses,” Governor Hassan said. “New Hampshire’s Job Training Fund is a critical resource that has helped provide essential skills to thousands of workers. By maintaining our commitment to higher education and job training, we can attract innovative businesses, help existing companies grow, and support the creation of good jobs that will expand middle class opportunity and help keep our economy moving in the right direction.”

FiberNext LLC of Concord received a grant of up to $5,500 for five employees to receive ISO9100:2008 certification training from the New Hampshire Manufacturing Partnership.

A grant of $8,790 was awarded to Bergeron Protective Clothing LLC of Epsom for 12 employees to receive SAP Super User and End User Training for an ERP system from N’Ware Technologies in Dover.

Benchmark Engineering of Londonderry received a Job Training Fund grant of $5,500 for Microdesk to provide training to three employees in AutoCAD 3D.

CHI Engineering Services of Portsmouth received a grant of up to $15,383 for CADWorx, PSMJ and Bentley Systems to train 32 employees in AutoCAD, project management and pipe stress analysis.

The Job Training Fund has awarded $7,494,297 in grants since October 2007, with employers contributing $10,132,499 for a total of $17,626,795 in new training for 22,388 New Hampshire workers. Companies interested in applying to the Job Training Fund should visit the fund’s web site at www.nhjobtrainingfund.org.

Submitted text and courtesy photo.