Close the transportation industry GAP for qualified, commercial truck drivers activities performed the class a commercial driver's license (CDL) training program will establish productive…

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.

Close the transportation industry GAP for qualified, commercial truck drivers activities performed the class a commercial driver's license (CDL) training program will establish productive relationships to provide quality services and skilled workers to transportation industry employers in northern nevada. Funding will build capacity to train increased numbers of individuals for work as a truck western nevada college - abstract 2 driver or a related occupation. WNC will work with its workforce agency partners to recruit women and minorities to the program and build awareness of the federal motor carrier safety administration's safe driver apprenticeship pilot program to attract young drivers to the industry. Additionally, WNC will create mobile space for training in rural counties in the service area and establish an official class a CDL third-party testing site for nevada department of motor vehicles. Deliverables CDL training completion numbers at WNC increased by 100% from PY 2021 to PY 2024 intended beneficiary • transportation industry employers • individuals lacking access to class a CDL training, including veterans, dislocated workers, unemployed and underemployed workers subrecipient activities n/a