Workforce Innovations

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Industrial Training...

Fiscal Year

Companies

Served

Total Trainees

(Individual)

Training

Contact

Hours

Training

Investment

$

2008- 2009 1 66 760 $1,833

2009- 2010 2 72 5262 $4,755

2010- 2011 1 119 1509 $24,704

2011- 2012 2 52 756 $9,167

2012- 2013 2 176 1362 $7,216

2013- 2014 7 266 4938 $142,000

Cumulative 9 751 14,587 $189,675

2014-2015

Forecast

9 350 8050 $153,000

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Small Business Center…

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FY 2013-2014

Rookie of the Year – individual statewide

recognition for SBC Directors

Business plan competitions

Macon County

17 participants, 6 startups, 14 jobs created

Town of Dillsboro

6 participants, 2 startups and 4 jobs created

SBC Accomplishments…

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FY 2014-2015

1st Annual Creative Business Plan Competition –exclusively for Professional Craft Artist in Jackson, Macon and Swain Counties. 14 applicants participating in 8-week business training

1st Annual Appalachian Farm School – partnering with NC Cooperative Extension,

22 farmers from Western North Carolina, over nine weeks of evening classes.

Multiple collaborative projects with WCU MGT 404 students

LEAD: Innovation – Entrepreneurship and Small Business Summit

SBC Current Projects…

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2014

196 Classes 1859 Student Registrations9122 Hours of Instruction

Table Gaming

Professional Office Management

Bar Tending

Brewing, Fermentation and Distillation

Pharmacy Technician

Computer Technician

Medical Transcription

Electronic Health Records Office Professional

Occupational Training…

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LBJ Job Corps Center

Welding

Facilities

Maintenance

Cement

Culinary

Business Technology

Occupational Training….

OJCC Job Corps Center

Wildland Firefighting

Business Technology

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2014-201528 Classes

261 Students

Currently Offering:OBD Emissions Certification/Recert

Auto Safety Inspection Certification/Recert

Notary Public Education

Electrical Contractors Code Update

Real Estate Update/Elective/Broker-in-Charge

Occupational Therapy Mini-Conference

Healing Touch Certificate Program

Professional Licensure…

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2014-201536 Classes

278 Students

New Courses“Professional Enrichment” – Grant Writing; Shifting Gears

Wildflower ID, Organic Gardening, Fall & Winter Gardening

Armchair Travel Series

Ballroom Dancing

Scherenschnitte

Numerous “make-in-one-day” projects

CollaborationCashiers Senior Center – 2 classes/mo. open to the public. Allows for community

connection

Personal Enrichment

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