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WEDnetPA

Guaranteed Free Training

Do you Qualify?

The Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is one of 33 colleges and universities throughout the Commonwealth able to offer Guaranteed Free Training through a $18.5 million grant awarded by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED).

To be eligible for the WEDnetPA grant, employers and their employees must meet the following set of qualifications as required by DCED:

Employers seeking Guaranteed Free Training funds must:
  • be based in Pennsylvania or maintain a significant presence in the state;
  • be a manufacturing and/or technology-based business, to include Environmental and Bio Technology-based business;
  • be government, education, non-profit entities; point-of-sale retail organizations are not eligible.
Employers must verify that employees participating in the training:
  • earn at least 150% of the minimum wage, excluding benefits;
  • work full-time and are permanently employed;
  • are verifiable residents of Pennsylvania and are employed in Pennsylvania;
  • are front-line employees or first level supervisors (can be both new hires and incumbent workers).

For more information, e-mail: pct@wednetpa.com