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EDA staff outlines workforce training plans, machining program and site-readiness work tied to blue catfish processors
Summary
Lancaster County economic development staff described efforts to build pipelines for EMTs and machinists, support a machining program at Turn Dynamics through a Go Virginia implementation grant, and pursue site-inventory planning for incoming aquaculture and processing businesses, particularly blue catfish processors.
Lancaster County economic development staff updated the authority Oct. 15 on multiple workforce and site-readiness initiatives, including plans for an EMT pipeline for high-school students, a proposed machining/CNC program hosted at Turn Dynamics, and efforts to identify shorefront sites for seafood processors focused on blue catfish.
The staff presenter described longstanding shortages in EMT and paramedic staffing and said Rappahannock Community College (referred to in the meeting as "RCC") launched an eight-week fast-track AEMT/EMT program this year. He proposed creating an EMT academy under the regional technical center for high-school students, potentially housed at an RCC facility that already runs a CNA…
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