Workforce reps speak

On Friday, April 17, the Van Wert Economic Development Advisory Group met at Vantage Career Center where Pete Prichard, Adult Education director at Vantage Career Center, spoke about the career technical training that prepares high school students and adults for future employment and further education. Guest speakers for the event were Steve Hillard (above right), Northwest Ohio regional manager for the Ohio MEP, and Doug Durliat (above left), director of the West Central Ohio Manufacturing Consortium, a program in the Workforce and Economic Development Department at Rhodes State College. Both guest speakers spoke of the services available to assist local manufacturers, including educational programs to improve the skills of their current employees, and promoted the necessary skills needed to train the future workforce. (photo submitted)