We partner with industry-leading programs ensure every
Kentucky company can grow to its greatest potential

Skills Development

More than a buzz word, developing tomorrow’s workforce is key to the health and vitality of Kentucky’s economic future. The Kentucky Skills Network partners with industry-leading programs across the Commonwealth to ensure every Kentucky company can grow to its greatest potential with a skilled workforce in the coming year.

Learn more about the Kentucky Skills Network’s Skills Development Programs:

  • KY FAME - The Kentucky Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (KY FAME) is a company-sponsored partnership of statewide employers who share the goal of creating a Skills of highly skilled workers. Employers start training students while they are still in school. Students receive hands-on and classroom training that gives them access to high-paying advanced manufacturing jobs.
  • KY Manufacturing Career Center - A one-stop resource in multiple counties in the Greater Louisville area that capitalizes on this reversalmatches individuals with career ready credentials. The center provides career counseling and training to unemployed and underemployed people interested in the manufacturing field.
  • Work Ready Communities – A Kentucky Work Ready Community certification is a measure of a county’s workforce quality. It is an assurance to business and industry that the community is committed to providing the highly-skilled workforce required in today’s competitive global economy.

There are two levels of certification – counties can apply to be a Kentucky Work Ready Community or a Kentucky Work Ready Community in Progress. The certification measures high school graduation rates, National Career Readiness Certification completion, community commitment to workforce development, educational attainment, soft skills development, and internet accessibility. This initiative encourages counties to take a credible inventory of the current and future workforce, identify gaps and carry out strategies to achieve a more knowledgeable, trained workforce.

Ready to access the network? Tell us what your company is looking for and member of the Kentucky Skills Network will be in touch soon.

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The Kentucky Skills Network helps you provide training opportunities to advance your employees on their career path through customized training programs designed specifically for your company needs.
Having great employees is only part of your challenge. The Kentucky Skills Network helps you provide training opportunities to advance your employees on their career path through customized training programs designed specifically for your company needs.
In 2014, our stable of services provided training for 4,100 companies and 84,000 Kentuckians in a variety of industry sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, information technology, energy, distribution, and research and development.
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