Crane Industry Services Seeks Employers to Participate in Trade Up Labor Pipeline

April 26 2016 - Crane Industry Services LLC (CIS) and its partners announce Trade Up, a new skilled labor supply pipeline for contractors. Specializing in preparing workers for most skilled trades in crane operation, construction, heavy industry, and manufacturing, the Trade Up program is part skills-gap assessment, part coordinated training, and part recruitment effort.

 

Trade Up has immediate openings for up to 12 contractor employers interested in participating in preparation for projects that will require skilled labor in the next six to 18 months.

 

Trade Up makes use of CIS’s training expertise, NCCER curriculum, and the resources of CIS’s partnership with the Economic Development division of West Georgia Technical College (WGTC), as well as the training and business development expertise of ELA Consulting Group. The goal is to connect quality workers to quality employers.

 

Crane Industry Services takes a blended learning approach, combining online introductory training, instructor-led classroom training, hands-on instruction, and on-the-job training. In addition to regularly scheduled classes at the Centered on Safety training center at the WGTC Murphy Campus in Waco, Ga., the WGTC Mobile Training Center brings training and testing to job sites.

 

Participating employers and contractors will receive assistance with defining the number of workers and specific skill sets needed, a site safety audit and skills checklist, recruitment assistance, and immersion training to qualify workers for specific tasks. “Training is documented, and can lead to journeyman level competence and national certifications. The result is craft people who are skilled in multiple areas, making them valuable to employers,” said Debbie Dickinson, CEO of CIS.