An Environmental Extension Service to provide businesses with free confidential advice concerning environmental assessments and cleanup strategies. The Targeted Assessment Program through EPA that is compiling data on surface and groundwater contamination. The Focused Technology Screening Study through the Army Corps of Engineers to identify and evaluate treatment technologies that are available to address specific groundwater contamination problems. Employers from high-tech to construction cannot find the number of skilled workers they need to flourish. And, workers must attain increasingly higher skill levels to do their jobs well.
People enter workforce development programs for a number of reasons.
Some want to augment existing skills or develop new ones. Others are looking for jobs for the first time. Still others need to find work after being laid off. The Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board works in partnership with business, labor, local workforce development councils and other state agencies to address the workforce development challenges facing the state's employers and workers. Regena Bethea , Sr.