SCDOT Grant Offers Construction Training
The S.C. Department of Transportation has opened a program for South Carolina residents to receive construction training. The SCDOT recently awarded a Transportation Careers Training Program grant to S2 Engineering and Consulting. Under the grant, 30 residents of 5 South Carolina counties may be eligible to receive pre-employment training, heavy equipment operator training and commercial drivers’ license training in the field of highway construction.
“This program will provide opportunities for individuals to obtain a commercial drivers’ license, certification as a heavy equipment operator and National Center for Construction Education and Research certification,” according to the the SCDOT.
“The grant will be used to train unemployed, underemployed, minorities, women and disadvantaged individuals for transportation related jobs in the highway construction industry,” according to a release on the program. “The one-year grant provides pre-employment training, heavy equipment operator training and commercial drivers’ license training for 30 individuals.”
According to the SCDOT, the grant will be used to train unemployed, underemployed, minority, female and disadvantaged individuals for transportation-related jobs in the highway construction industry.
The one-year grant provides pre-employment training, heavy equipment operator training and commercial drivers’ license training for 30 individuals. Under the grant, the training is available to residents of Allendale, Bamberg, Marlboro, Marion and Orangeburg counties.
“A key challenge employers face today is finding candidates who have the skills needed to become employed in the highway construction industry. The TCTP will provide opportunities for individuals to gain a construction-related skill, which will increase the opportunity for them to have a career in the highway construction industry,” SCDOT public information officer Robert Kudelka wrote in the release.
To learn more about the TCTP, contact TCTP Administrator Sharla Savage at 803-780-4611 or tctp@s2ec.com.
