August 5, 2003
ROMNEY AWARDS $3.3 MILLION IN WORKFORCE TRAINING FUNDS
Presents $128,198 grant to Micro Networks to train 130 employees
WORCESTER – Governor Mitt Romney today awarded $3.3 million in workforce training grants to 70 businesses across the Commonwealth to help train more than 5,300 employees.
“These grants are an investment in the future of our workforce. Learning does not begin and end in the classroom – it extends to the factory floor and the boardroom,” said Romney, who made the announcement at Micro Networks Corporation, which received a $128,198 grant.
He added, “These grants, which will train people in management leadership, problem solving, high tech and manufacturing, are just one more way that the Commonwealth is working in partnership with the private sector to ensure more and better jobs for the future.”
Romney said the Workforce Training Fund, administered by the Division of Employment and Training, provides businesses with matching grants to provide job-related training to incumbent employees. Since being launched five years ago, more than $68 million has been awarded to nearly 1,100 companies to train more than 105,000 employees.
Micro Networks is one of 70 businesses across the Commonwealth to receive a grant from the Workforce Training Fund, enabling the company to train 130 employees in such programs as MicroSoft Office, ISO 9000:2000 requirements, military standards and process development.
“The Commonwealth is proud to be home to Micro Networks,” said Romney. “We are also proud of the partnership we are forming with the 130 employees who will directly benefit from today’s grant. This investment will allow the employees of Micro Networks to continue to do what they do best: build the instruments that keep the peace.”
Micro Networks opened its doors nearly 30 years ago in Worcester and supplies high performance, high reliability data conversion products and custom modules for weapons and flight control systems to defense contractors.
For information on the Workforce Training Fund and to view a complete listing of Fund awards by region, visit www.mass.gov/det/workforce.
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