Continuing Education Resources
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WIA Services via OneStop Centers |
See locations on web site www. scworkscatawba.com locations page |
Participants who qualify based on skill deficit and financial need can receive retraining services (up to a two-year degree). | Placement services to match qualified candidates to local job openings, and to target mature students currently in a field of study relevant to employer needs. | No charge to employers for advertisement or placement. |
| WIA WorkKeys Profiling Services |
Sonia Young York Technical College (803) 581-0492 syoung@yorktech.edu |
Comprehensive task and skills analysis to measure the actual skills needed to enter and to succeed in a position. Used with assessments of job seekers, WorkKeys allows employer to match the actual job needs to the skills possessed by an applicant or employee. | Profiles are an ideal method for providing a training plan leading to Registered Apprenticeships, for establishing legally defensible hiring criteria, and for establishing progression models. | Cost-sharing offered by local Workforce Investment Board. |
| WIA Incumbent Worker Training (if grant funds are available) |
Reid Baker, Catawba Regional Council of Governments (803) 327-9041 rbaker @catawbacog.org |
Easy application for training of employees particularly in manufacturing sector. Goal is to help company stay competitive and increase likelihood of individuals keeping jobs. Must be in SC for at least 1 year and have one or more FT employees and be current on tax obligations. | Depending on the number of employees, the company can receive up to 90% of training cost with the employer contributing the balance. | Employer contribution consists of matching amounts for tuition or instructor wages, curriculum development, training materials, supplies, books, equipment, travel and other costs. Web site: www. scworkscatawba.com |
| WIA On the Job Training |
Ann Skar OJT contract Business Services Representative writer in Rock Hill ( 803) 328-3881 askar@scworks.org Andrea Reinders Business Services Representative for Chester & Lancaster (803) 493-5075 areinders @scworks.org |
For companies wanting to offset the cost of training new employees. Job profile should be done initially to increase likelihood of getting a job candidate with skills to do the job. Candidates most be WIA qualified. |
Up to 75% of trainee's salary paid depending on the size of the company (<100 = 75%; >100 = 50%). Cost of manuals & supplies also covered. |
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| J Marion Sims Foundation: BEST Grant |
Deborah Baker York Technical College (803) 286-7100 dbaker@yorktech.com |
Workplace literacy training for individuals working in companies located in Lancaster County, Great Falls, and Fort Lawn. | Provides incumbent workers with increased basic skills levels; employers are better able to retain a workforce that can keep pace with changing technology. | |
| SCMEP |
Rhonda Huskins (803) 367-1812 rhuskins @scmep.org |
Provides technical assistance for companies interested in improving top-line growth, bottom-line profitability or needs assistance solving problems. | Grant funded assessment tool provides timely feedback at no cost to company. Project based service costs are reduced by grant funding. | QUESTLINE service offered at no-cost provides technical, research and information assistance. |
| Veterans' Administration |
Chester County Greg Lewis, DVOP (803) 385-1016 gxlewis@dew.sc.gov Lancaster County Michael O'Donnell, LVER Veteran Program Manager (803) 313-7385 modonnell@scworks.org
York County |
Applicants must be documented veterans. VA approved training programs, such as Line Worker and Truck Driving. On the job training or apprenticeships may qualify. | Monthly stipend for living expenses equal to minimum wage for regional starting pay. | |
| readySC |
Marianne Borders York Technical College (803) 981-7320 borders @sctechsystem.edu |
Ten or more new full-time jobs due to relocation or expansion within service area. Positions should be permanent, pay comparable wages and include health care coverage. | Up to 100% of training (instructors' salary, etc.) covered. |
readySC may partner w/ CE to provide training www.readySC.org |
| Department of Commerce: Job Development Credit |
Marcella Forrest, DOC (803) 737-0400 mforrest @sccommerce.com |
Ten or more new full-time jobs due to relocation or expansion within service area. Positions should be permanent, pay comparable wages and include health care coverage. Eligible expenditures include new building construction, purchase of existing facility or renovations, improvments to private or public utilities, pollution control equipment, and fixed transportation. $4,000 application fee. The plan must be approved by DOC. | Offset of eligible expenditures made 60 days before receipt of approved application or within 5 years of approval. Rebates on company's withholding taxes. | |
| Job Tax Credit |
Bob Thomas Tax Analyst, DOR (803) 898-5786 thomaro @sctax.org |
Businesses with 99 or more employees worldwide must create at least 10 new jobs from one year to the next and maintained them in the following year. A job can be one full-time job or two part-time jobs. Businesses of 99 employees or fewer worldwide must create and maintain at least two jobs. Credits claimed in second year after creation of job and available for 5 years per job if job is maintained. Unused credit can be carried forward 15 years. | Credit is between $1,500 and $8,000 a year. An additional $1,000 credit for plus $1,000 for jobs located in a business or industrial park, and $1,000 for “brownsfield” jobs. Credit may only offset 50% of taxable income. |
The three versions of the job tax credits are discussed in the SC Tax Incentives for Economic Development, 2009: http://www.sctax. org/NR/rdonlyres /9F9C2C87-CE37 -4F75-8904- E74705BD91D5 /0/TaxIncentive 2009publication.pdf pages 27-68. |
| Enterprise Zone: Retraining Credit |
Sidney Valentine York Technical College (803) 327-8017 svalentine@yorktech.edu |
The refund of withholdings tax for training is based upon the cost of instruction for production workers/mgrs only. $500 application fee per year. Five year training plan must be approved by DOC. | Refund is up to $500 per year or a total maximum of $2,000 per employee to reimburse for training cost (not including trainees' salaries). |
Intended to train current staff. |
| SC Registered Apprenticeship Job Tax Credit |
Carla Whitlock, Apprenticeship Carolina, (803) 397-0278 whitlock @sctechsystem.edu |
Company has Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship(s). Generally these have a minimum of 2,000 training hours, which 144 hours of classroom training. |
$1,000 per apprentice per year of apprenticeship for up to four years. The apprenticeship must have started after 1/1/08 and worked for 7 months of the year in which the tax credit is claimed. | |
| SC Vocational Rehabilitation |
Kathleen Allen Area Supervisor (803) 327-7106 kallen @scvrd.state.sc.us |
Those with a mental or physical problems related to employment can qualify through a Voc Rehab case manager. | Career guidance, case management and funds available for qualified students. There are also work training centers that can reduce costs for companies. |
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