Job Training Incentives

 The Workforce Development Department at Kilgore College works with business and industry to design customized training to match the needs of a specific company.  The college will work with business to access any training funds available for the project (such as Skills Development Fund), write the application for those funds and handle the administrative requirements of the grant. The college can provide pre-employment testing and screening. KC also offers certificate and degree programs in a variety of fields and technical areas.  Every program created by Kilgore College Workforce Development is a unique customized response to each company’s specific needs.  KC Workforce Development’s customer-directed, industry-driven approach provides a business with affordable solutions for skills training.  For more information, contact Martha Woodruff, Director of Workforce Development, at 903-983-8287.

Local boards oversee training funds for specific regions and have some programs available for training certain qualified populations.

Located 35 miles from Kilgore, TSTC works with industry in a number of ways, including the following:

• Provide customized training programs, incorporating the employers’ goals and objectives
• Offer technical training through certificate and degree programs
• Handle administrative aspects of the Skills Development Fund
• Contact:  903-935-1010, Ext. 2250

The Kilgore Economic Development Corporation funds can be applied to costs associated with training needs according to the terms of a negotiated economic development agreement between KEDC and the company and according to the requirements in state law in lieu of or in addition to other KEDC grants.