Employers

OJT helps employers hire and train skilled workers! Employers can train workers in skills needed for full performance on the job and are eligible for reimbursement of 50% of a trainee’s wages. Employers benefit from efficient recruiting, targeted training, and assistance with training expenses.

Contact: Nick Falcone, nfalcone@westfaywib.org

Customized training is designed to meet the unique training needs of an employer or group of employers! Employers decide who will provide training, the curriculum used, and which workers will be trained. Employers benefit by retaining their workforce, and workers benefit from a new skillset.

Contact: Nick Falcone, nfalcone@westfaywib.org

IWT provides funding to employers to upgrade the skills of employers’ existing workforce. Such training is meant to assist with expansion, new technology, retooling, new services/product lines, and/or new organizational structuring, or to be used as part of a layoff aversion strategy.

Contact: Nick Falcone, nfalcone@westfaywib.org

The Next Gen IP is a business-led, industry-driven, and community-supported approach to help industries thrive and create jobs, while also creating opportunities for workers, students, and the broader community. Business drives the agenda and public and community partners support solutions. This inclusive approach results in dynamic partnerships inviting diverse perspectives on how to meet community needs.

The WFWIB, in collaboration with the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette Inc., received funding to support the Westmoreland-Fayette Logistics and Transportation Industry Partnership. This partnership focuses on addressing the needs of the regional transportation industry sector, specifically the need for a stronger infrastructure within the region and additional Commercial Drive licensed employees. The goal of the convening activities include expanding the regional Transportation Industry residing within Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, ensuring that regular partnership activities are taking place, and discussing the needs for competitiveness. Additional priorities of this partnership include the need for incumbent worker skill development and business access to capital to assist with business expansion and growth.

The Westmoreland-Fayette Business-Education Partnership (WF-BEP) is the vehicle that connects businesses and education institutions. These connections are meant to align educational resources that will respond to economic and community opportunities. The WF-BEP is a regional leadership comprised of school districts, career and technical centers (CTCs), post-secondary institutions, local businesses, and workforce and economic development organizations that collaborate to align education with workforce development needs.

The WF-BEP provides opportunities for school districts to collaborate with local businesses to educate students and parents/guardians on the high priority occupations (HPOs) and career pathways in the Westmoreland-Fayette workforce area.

WF-BEP Partners:

• Fayette Business Education Partnership (FBEP)
• Westmoreland County Forum for Workforce Development (WCFWD)
• BotsIQ