Workforce Development
Quality doesn’t just happen in Washington County, our workforce makes it happen. Assemble your team from a robust labor pool—39,000+ within 45 minutes and 79,000+ within 60 minutes—supported by a talent pipeline that is comprehensive in scope, services, and career pathways.
Driving pipeline quality is Oconee Fall Line Technical College. Serving as a year-round conduit between employers and workforce through job boards and job fairs, OFTC works closely with area industry to answer all workforce needs, offering a wide spectrum of services developed in collaboration with the Development Authority of Washington County, the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, the county’s high-performing high schools, and the Washington County Leadership program.
Critical pipeline elements include:
The county’s workforce is oriented and inducted into the talent pipeline early through the potent combination of dual enrollment and WaCo Works. Held twice yearly, WaCo Works exposes early high school students to career opportunities as well as aligned training pathways such as dual enrollment. More than a career fair, WaCo Works provides onsite experiences at OFTC and at work sites, so that students can easily visualize to actualize their future careers.
Adding and enhancing pathways to skills and employment is an OFTC mission, realized in part through 100+ programs of study leading to technical certifications of credit, diplomas, and associate’s degrees. Aligned manufacturing programs include electrical controls, electronic technology, industrial systems, machine tool, mechatronics, and welding. In addition to OFTC’s commercial truck driving program, the college will soon open a diesel equipment technology program as part of its logistics and transportation portfolio.
While formal recruitment and screening services are available to qualified projects through the Georgia Department of Labor, companies of all sizes are encouraged to take advantage of OFTC’s WorkKeys assessment program, a powerfully effective tool in identifying skilled employees.
In Washington County, operations of any size and from any sector can deploy a custom-trained workforce, either through Georgia’s internationally respected Quick Start program—which is locally delivered by OFTC—or through programs that are designed and delivered exclusively through OFTC. Training can range from simple certifications to large-scale upskilling projects, and through the federal WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), other training and retraining funds can be made available.
OFTC is opening flexible and novel career pathways, including its federally designated Department of Labor apprenticeship program, a cost-effective avenue that helps assure the perfect fit between worker and employer; funds are available to both employers and employees.
Dual enrollment and WaCo Works
The county’s workforce is oriented and inducted into the talent pipeline early through the potent combination of dual enrollment and WaCo Works. Held twice yearly, WaCo Works exposes early high school students to career opportunities as well as aligned training pathways such as dual enrollment. More than a career fair, WaCo Works provides onsite experiences at OFTC and at work sites, so that students can easily visualize to actualize their future careers.
OFTC credit programs
Adding and enhancing pathways to skills and employment is an OFTC mission, realized in part through 100+ programs of study leading to technical certifications of credit, diplomas, and associate’s degrees. Aligned manufacturing programs include electrical controls, electronic technology, industrial systems, machine tool, mechatronics, and welding. In addition to OFTC’s commercial truck driving program, the college will soon open a diesel equipment technology program as part of its logistics and transportation portfolio.
WorkKeys assessments
While formal recruitment and screening services are available to qualified projects through the Georgia Department of Labor, companies of all sizes are encouraged to take advantage of OFTC’s WorkKeys assessment program, a powerfully effective tool in identifying skilled employees.
Custom training
In Washington County, operations of any size and from any sector can deploy a custom-trained workforce, either through Georgia’s internationally respected Quick Start program—which is locally delivered by OFTC—or through programs that are designed and delivered exclusively through OFTC. Training can range from simple certifications to large-scale upskilling projects, and through the federal WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), other training and retraining funds can be made available.
Flexible pathways
OFTC is opening flexible and novel career pathways, including its federally designated Department of Labor apprenticeship program, a cost-effective avenue that helps assure the perfect fit between worker and employer; funds are available to both employers and employees.
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