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Alarm Dealer Gets $56K in Funding to Train Employees
American Alarm and Communications receives $56,805 from the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund for training in customer service, project management and sales.
American Alarm and Communications in Arlington, Mass. will receive $56,805 from the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund to train its employees, proving that small businesses can get some help from the government.
American Alarm, which has been in business for more than 30 years and operates its own central station monitoring for more than 17,000 accounts, was one of 138 companies to receive the funds as part of a $11.38 million grant to create 1,700 new jobs and train 13,000 workers over a two-year period.
"To compete in the global economy, we must continuously invest in our workforce, and I am proud to give thousands of our workers the chance to improve their skill sets," said Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts. "Because of innovative programs like the Workforce Training Fund, Massachusetts continues to lead the nation out of the global economic recession."
According to Arlington Patch, American Alarm will not use the money to hire more people, but to train personnel in customer service, project management and sales.
Employees are receiving training in diverse areas such as customer service, sales, machining, milling, robotics, project management, injection molding and computer technology.
Small businesses are encouraged to apply for the grants that have a limit of $250,000 per company.
American Alarm, which has been in business for more than 30 years and operates its own central station monitoring for more than 17,000 accounts, was one of 138 companies to receive the funds as part of a $11.38 million grant to create 1,700 new jobs and train 13,000 workers over a two-year period.
"To compete in the global economy, we must continuously invest in our workforce, and I am proud to give thousands of our workers the chance to improve their skill sets," said Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts. "Because of innovative programs like the Workforce Training Fund, Massachusetts continues to lead the nation out of the global economic recession."
According to Arlington Patch, American Alarm will not use the money to hire more people, but to train personnel in customer service, project management and sales.
Employees are receiving training in diverse areas such as customer service, sales, machining, milling, robotics, project management, injection molding and computer technology.
Small businesses are encouraged to apply for the grants that have a limit of $250,000 per company.
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Jason Knott, Editor, CE Pro
Jason has covered low-voltage electronics as an editor since 1990. He joined EH Publishing in 2000, and before that served as publisher and editor of Security Sales, a leading magazine for the security industry. He served as chairman of the Security Industry Association’s Education Committee from 2000-2004 and sat on the board of that association from 1998-2002. He is also a former board member of the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation. He is currently a member of the CEDIA Education Action Team for Electronic Systems Business. Jason graduated from the University of Southern California.
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