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The Shoals area has
numerous avenues to
train employees for
manufacturing and
related companies.
AIDT
Alabama Technology
Network (ATN)
Easter Seals—Northwest
Alabama Rehabilitation
Center
Northwest-Shoals
Community College
Shoals Career Center
Shoals
Industry-Education
Training Alliance
University of North
Alabama
AIDT
AIDT,
an institute of the
State's Department of
Postsecondary Education,
encourages economic
development through
job-specific training. AIDT designs
and implements a
client-approved training
curriculum at no cost to
the new or expanding
company. The training
program can be operated
on-site or at a company
approved alternate
facility.
AIDT Services
Huntsville Center
2903 Wall Triana Hwy.,
Suite 1
Huntsville, Alabama
35824-1537
Phone: (256) 461-7550
Fax: (256) 461-8153
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Alabama Technology
Network (ATN)
The Center for
Environmental
Technology, located on
the campus of
Northwest-Shoals
Community College, is
one of 10 regional
centers in Alabama
forming the
Alabama
Technology Network (ATN).
The Center is charged
with improving the
effectiveness of the
workforce through
education, training, and
technical assistance.
Muscle Shoals
Northwest-Shoals
Community College
Mitch Hamm, Director
1011 George Wallace Blvd
Tuscumbia, AL 35674
Phone: (256) 331-5385
Fax: (256) 331-5386
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Easter Seals—Northwest
Alabama Rehabilitation
Center
The local Easter Seals
Rehabilitation Center
provides individuals
with job placement
assistance and job
readiness training. The
center also partners
with industry through
the workshop located
onsite.
Easter Seals Services
Muscle Shoals
Easter Seals
Rehabilitation Center
Northwest Alabama
1450 East Avalon Avenue
Muscle Shoals, AL 35661
Phone: (256) 391-1110
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Northwest-Shoals
Community College
Northwest-Shoals
Community College
provides specialized
training to improve the
skills of the local
workforce.
Northwest-Shoals has a
proven track record in
meeting the training
needs of both new and
existing manufacturing
companies in the area
through its Training for
Business and Industry
program.
Training for Business
and Industry
Mike Witt, Director
P.O. Box 2545
Muscle Shoals, AL 35662
Phone: (256) 331-5221
Fax: (256) 331-5219
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Shoals Career Center
The Workforce Investment
Act reformed federal job
training programs and
created a new,
comprehensive workforce
investment system. The
reformed system is
intended to be
customer-focused to help
Americans access the
tools they need to
manage their careers
through information and
high quality services
and to help U.S.
companies find skilled
workers.
Shoals Career Center
500 South Montgomery
Avenue
Suite 103
Sheffield, AL 35660
256-381-0611
Fax 256-381-9972
shoals@alabamacareerlinks.org
Business Services
On-the-Job Training (OJT)
The OJT program is
designed to offset the
costs associated with
training eligible
workers. It can help
increase the cash flow
of your business, reduce
recruitment and training
costs, and maximize
profits.
OJT Training Program
Brochure
Incumbent Worker
Training Program
The Incumbent Worker
Training Program assists
Alabama companies by
helping fund training
for full-time, permanent
employees. The program
is designed to upgrade
the skills of the
employees, while
improving the ability of
the companies to compete
in the global
marketplace.
WIA Incumbent Worker
Training Guidelines
Office of Workforce
Development (ADECA)
Workforce Investment Act
(ADECA)
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Shoals
Industry-Education
Training Alliance
The Shoals was first in
the State to formally
structure a training
alliance between
industry and education
with industry playing
the lead role. The
Alliance's mission is to
address common, on-going
training needs for
industry to maintain its
competitiveness in the
marketplace. The
Alliance has coordinated
training for employees
from existing companies
in blueprint reading,
employee selection,
presentation skills, ISO
9000, SPC, supervisor
training, operator
training, welding,
forklift training, PLC
Basics, and advanced
blueprint reading, to
name a few. The Alliance
holds quarterly meetings
to discuss training
needs among area
companies.
Alliance Brochure
SEDA
20 Hightower Place,
Suite 1
Florence, AL 35630
Phone: (256) 764-0351
Fax: (256) 764-3850
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University of North
Alabama
The University of North
Alabama's
Office of Continuing
Studies and Outreach offers classes
that further the
professional development
of The Shoals workforce.
UNA Box 5036
Florence, AL 35632-0001
Phone: (800) TALK UNA,
ext. 4862 or (256)
765-4862
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