News Release
ETA News Release: [December 31, 2003]
Contact Name: Lorette Post
Phone Number: 202-693-3984
Labor Department Awards $3 Million to Lockheed Martin
for High-Tech Training
MANASSAS, Va. -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment & Training Administration has awarded $3 million to Lockheed Martin to train 1,000 incumbent workers in high technology fields.
"This Administration is committed to helping workers get the training they need to get good paying jobs," said U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. "This $3 million grant will be used to upgrade the skills of workers."
Manassas-based Lockheed Martin will use the Labor Department grant to upgrade the skills of workers in the fields of system architecture, system engineering, software engineering, computer science, and program management. Participants, who must have at least a bachelor's degree, are employees of the company's Maritime Systems and Sensors division in Virginia, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, California, Maryland and Ohio. Project goals include salary raises and increases in the number of graduate degrees in engineering and computer science.
Lockheed Martin and other partners have committed to providing $3.2 million in matching funds in the form of employee salaries and discounted training courses.
"This grant illustrates the kind of workforce development partnerships we are encouraging to address the challenges facing 21st century businesses," said Emily Stover DeRocco, assistant secretary of labor for employment and training. "When businesses identify the skills their workforce needs, educators and our public workforce system can be key players in preparing workers for the highly skilled jobs in high-demand fields."
This grant and others totaling approximately $49 million were awarded competitively to business-led partnerships nationwide to train workers for high-skill, high-tech occupations.
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