Rockland Community College (RCC) in Suffern has received a $933,412 grant from New York state to develop a training program that will provide students with a way to learn industrial machinery mechanics.
“This grant is a testament to our commitment to providing our students with credentialed training and meeting the workforce needs of our local manufacturing partners,” said RCC’s President Lester Rapalo.
Kevin Stump, who is RCC’s vice president of economic mobility and workforce innovation, said, “The state’s timely investment in RCC will enable us to work with employers to create industry responsive pathways that lead to family-sustaining jobs. This project is part of Rockland Community College’s goal to ‘skill-up’ Rockland and create pathways that lead to upward economic mobility.”
RCC anticipates that the industrial machinery training program will be in place by the spring. The grant was part of $12 million in grants from the state’s Office of Strategic Workforce Development that went to 15 projects. RCC said that many of its programs are developed with employers in the community in high demand industry areas to enable graduates to move into a new career upon graduation.
