In Thursday, The United States announced USD 150 million (over Rs 1,100 crore) aiming to invest in training for middle-to-high-skilled H-1B occupations in key sectors in the American economy.
Leading among these sectors are information technology, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, transportation, wherein the H-1B One Workforce grant programme would be used to upskill the present workforce and train an upcoming generation of workers to upraise the future workforce, the Department of Labor said.
The Nobel Coronavirus pandemic has not only disruptive in the labour market but also demands education and training providers and employers to rework on the strategy of delivering training, the department said in a statement.
Through local public-private partnerships, the grantees will deploy training to provide individuals in their communities with skills essential to advance career routes to employment in middle-to-high-skilled H-1B employment within key industry sectors.
The training standards will include a vast range of classroom and on-the-job training, customised training, incumbent worker training, registered apprenticeship programmes and industry-recognised apprenticeship programmes.
“The US Department of Labor is challenging communities to think as ‘One Workforce’,” Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training John Pallasch said.
