Mobile Works Funds 200 People for Paid Construction Training in Builder's Heart Program
Thursday, Oct 6th, 2005Mobile Works Awards $156,000 Contract to Associated Builders and Contractors to Fund Construction Training for 200 People in the Builder�s Heart Program Providing Hurricane Katrina Job/Training Relief for Displaced Workers
MOBILE, Alabama - October 6, 2005 - Mobile Works Inc. has awarded a $156,000 contract to Associated Builders and Contractors to fund paid construction training for 200 people in the Builder�s Heart Program, providing Hurricane Katrina Relief in the form of paid training for disaster victims. Mobile Works is actively involved in the program, finding referral candidates for the program through activities such as its recent sponsorship of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Hurricane Katrina Job Fair, where many candidates were found for the program.
Trainees will be paid $12.00 per hour during the week-long training and once their training is completed will be matched up with potential employers�contractors referred by Associated Builders and Contractors of the Builder�s Heart program. Construction experience is not required, but extremely helpful, as is an aptitude for construction-type work, which is often outdoors.
Preference is given to people who were displaced by or lost their job because of Hurricane Katrina, but others may apply for the program as well. Trainees may be from Alabama, Mississippi or Louisiana but can only be enrolled in the program by first visiting Mobile Works at the Alabama Career Center, located at 515 Springhill Plaza Court, near the intersection of I-65 and Springhill Avenue, to certify their preferred status from Hurricane Katrina and eligibility to participate in the program.
"We are proud to invest in a program that is not only helping Mobile rebuild after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina but also helping to rebuild lives of the people Katrina affected�the people of Mobile, the rest of Alabama, and the Mississippi and Louisiana gulf coast,� stated Sydney G. Raine, President. "Jobs and training are what we know best and we truly believe providing training for jobs is the quickest way to make recovery happen for our region."
Mobile Works Inc., a local partnership of business, education, labor and community leaders, provides businesses with training, leadership, labor market information and employment programs designed to stimulate local business by meeting the needs of Mobile area businesses while increasing the available labor pool of skilled jobseekers in the Mobile area. Since its inception in 2000, the group has invested more than $23.9 million overall to support Mobile area job and educational programs. In addition, in the 2005-2006 fiscal year alone, Mobile Works will invest over $4.6 million dollars in jobs, training and economic initiatives for all of Mobile County.
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