A Powerful Training and Funding One-Two Punch for TuscoMfg
June 12, 2024Comments
Celebrating its 75th year, TuscoMfg, Gnadenhutten, OH, counts 58 employees across two shifts. The team performs press brake bending, laser cutting, welding, wireforming and tube bending, as well as assembly, powder coating, and custom manufacturing and fabrication to serve specialty-vending and custom-retail-display customers.
To fund personnel training during the pandemic, TuscoMfg reached out to Ohio TechCred, which gives Ohio businesses the opportunities to upskill current and future employees. Businesses submitting successful applications are reimbursed as much as $2000 per credential when current or prospective employees complete technology-focused courses.
Training Aids in Retention
“During the Great Resignation, we saw many companies losing a lot of employees, and we didn’t want that to happen to us with the talented group that we have,” explains Teresa Parrish, TuscoMfg’s director of human resources. “We looked at ways to help retain employees, and training was one. Training is an investment—not just for the employees, but also for the company.”
The company used Ohio TechCred funding for training operators on new production-floor equipment, which it had been consistently adding. And, Parrish reports a significant uptick in the company’s production teams taking advantage of Ohio TechCred funding for training as they realized the benefits of such training.