GW PLASTICS
In-house Training Supporting GW ’ s strategic investments and critical mission statement commitments is the Company ’ s comprehensive dedication to in-house training . Underlining the importance for internal training , Riehl pointed out that the United States workforce is losing a significant amount of highly experienced and talented people to retirement , making it increasingly more challenging to replace those skilled individuals and fill the gaps they ’ re leaving in the workforce , “ GW recognized this many years ago , and began investing heavily in workforce training . Specifically , we have a long-standing apprenticeship program in our tooling areas . We ’ ve also invested heavily in some very innovative training and recruiting initiatives . With respect to recruiting , we started the GW School of Tech this year . Essentially , it ’ s an on-site high school accredited program where we bring in high school students into our facility ; with high school teacher support . The students spend two days a week for an entire semester , learning about manufacturing .” One of the things the Company is trying to accomplish through this program is to get young people interested in manufacturing again .
GW has also formed relationships with local tech schools in Vermont ,
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