United States has announced $ 150 million for the H1B One Workforce training program

The United States on Thursday announced $ 150 million (over Rs. 1,100 crore) to invest in mid-range highly skilled H-1B vocational training in key sectors of the American economy.

Prominent among these sectors are information technology, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, transportation, including the H-1B One Workforce Grant program, which will be used to train a new generation of workers to increase the current workforce and increase future workforce, the Department of Labor said.

In addition to causing disruptions in the coronavirus pandemic labor market, many education and training institutions and employers have had to rethink how to provide training, the department said in a statement. Under this grant program, the Department of Employment and Training Administration embarks on streamlining funds and resources to promote a more comprehensive workforce system, pushing applicants to provide innovative training strategies, as well as enhancing innovative methods of training delivery, including online. Distance and other technology-enabled learning.

Through local public-private partnerships, grantees are trained to provide individuals within their communities with the skills needed to advance their career paths into employment in highly skilled H-1B professions in key industry sectors.

Training models include a wide range of classroom and job training, customized training, current employee training, registered apprenticeship programs, and industry-recognized apprenticeship programs. “The U.S. Department of Labor is challenging communities to be considered a ‘one workforce’,” said John Pallash, assistant secretary of employment and training. “In the current work environment, it is very difficult for local companies to function as one rather than as independent parts of a process. Our goal is to create seamless community partnerships to build career paths for local job seekers to enter into highly skilled careers. In the areas of cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing and transportation,” he said.