The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration awarded Western Nevada College $1.4 million under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program to establish a Class A Commercial Driver's License training program. The project will train at least 100 individuals annually from 2023 to 2025 to become commercial truck drivers or obtain related occupations in transportation industries in Northern Nevada. Western Nevada College will work with workforce agencies to recruit women and minorities and promote the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program. The college will also create mobile training spaces in rural counties and establish an official Class A CDL third-party testing site for the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles. The funding will benefit transportation industry employers and individuals lacking access to commercial driver training, including veterans, dislocated workers, and the unemployed.
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