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Updated 11/2011

Job Training Programs (Public and Private) to Reduce Unemployment

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Need for Job Training

In its comprehensive work plan, High Skills, High Wages, the Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board states that Washington's traditional sources of high-wage, low-skilled work - forests and factories - have limited growth prospects. Slow or stagnating productivity can cause stagnant incomes. For there to be an increase in productivity there needs to be both an increase in the use of technology and a promotion of the spread of high performance work organizations that require high-skilled workers. If employers cannot find trained workers in Washington, they will look to other states for workers and places to locate their business facilities.

The need to provide improved job training and to create high-wage or family-wage jobs is reflected in local government economic development plans. Local governments are seeking to provide cooperative educational opportunities responsive to the changing needs of the workplace, both locally and regionally.

Workforce Development

Washington Workforce Development Councils

Local Government Programs Including Internships

Apprenticeship Programs

Veterans Conservation Corps

  • Veterans Conservation Corps - The primary mission of the Veterans Conservation Corps (VCC) is to assist veterans by providing volunteer opportunities on natural resources restoration projects that help protect and restore Washington’s watersheds (rivers, streams, lakes, marine waters, forests, and open lands). See right column of home page for partnerships which include local government projects.

Youth Employment Programs

Other Training Resources Information