Location: Chico, CA

Phone Number: (530) 892-9600

Contact Email/URL: smarquez@ncen.org

Website: ncen.org

Currently Hiring: Yes

Number of Employees: 8

NoRTEC (Northern Rural Training and Employment Consortium) is a regional Workforce Development Board in California funded by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The NoRTEC Workforce Development Board is led by private industry representatives from Butte, Del Norte, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties.

We believe that a healthy business community creates economic vitality, and we are dedicated to strengthening and supporting area businesses in order to create jobs and encourage economic prosperity.

Resources for Manufacturers:

NoRTEC is committed to the development and unification of a demand-driven workforce system that will attract and grow businesses and the regional economy. To accomplish this we:

Bring together policy makers, business, government agencies, education entities, economic development agencies, and the public to better understand workforce needs and to identify solutions.
Develop and implement comprehensive regional strategies to meet the education and job training needs of the workforce.
Oversee AJCC One Stop Center locations located throughout the NoRTEC Region to provide a variety of services to employers and individuals seeking employment opportunities.
Collect and analyze labor market information to identify employment trends, skills gaps and education and training needs and disseminate the information to policy makers, educators, businesses, workforce partners, and job seekers.
Promote strategies to improve education levels and basic workplace skills needed to meet the needs of companies and improve their competitiveness in today’s marketplace.
Support strategies that encourage life-long learning and continuous improvement of workplace skills.
Advocate for the importance of workforce policy and provide perspective about the need for a skilled workforce.

NoRTEC

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