威斯康星州发放660万美元制造业培训补助 84家雇主将培训3823名工人
据威斯康星州州长办公室与州劳动力发展厅（DWD）10月13日在麦迪逊发布的消息，州长托尼·埃弗斯（Tony Evers）宣布启动「制造业月」，并通过威斯康星州「韧性先进产业需求培训」（WisTRAIN）雇主补助计划，向84家雇主发放共660万美元补助，用于培训3823名威斯康星州工人。
州长办公室表示，WisTRAIN计划由埃弗斯政府争取到的联邦资金支持，提供由雇主主导的职业技能培训，重点面向先进制造业与人工智能（AI）。埃弗斯说，投资劳动力培训、让威斯康星州工人为未来做好准备必须放在优先位置，这笔资金将帮助全州工人在这些需求旺盛、快速增长的行业接受培训。劳动力发展厅厅长艾米·佩查切克（Amy Pechacek）表示，这批补助将帮助雇主与工人掌握新兴技能，提升本州经济竞争力。
受助项目遍布全州，包括戴恩县一家冰淇淋制造商和密尔沃基县一家精密加工企业（培训员工使用先进制造设备）、丰迪拉克县一家船用发动机制造商、马拉松县一家建筑产品公司，以及一个由原住民部落所有的建筑公司组成的联合体（培训员工把AI融入业务）。
州长办公室表示，WisTRAIN建立在埃弗斯「劳动力解决方案倡议」的基础之上，该倡议迄今已通过地方和区域培训项目服务超过13万名威斯康星州居民；WisTRAIN的设立也与州长2023年成立的「劳动力与人工智能特别工作组」的建议相衔接。
Wisconsin Awards $6.6 Million in Manufacturing Training Grants to 84 Employers for 3,823 Workers
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, together with the state Department of Workforce Development (DWD), announced in Madison on October 13 the launch of Manufacturing Month and $6.6 million in grants to 84 employers to train 3,823 Wisconsin workers through the Wisconsin Training for Resilient Advanced Industry Needs (WisTRAIN) employer grant program, according to a release from the Governor's Office.
The new WisTRAIN program is supported by federal funding secured by the Evers Administration and delivers employer-driven occupational skills training focused on advanced manufacturing and artificial intelligence (AI), the release said. Evers said preparing the state's workforce for the future must be a top priority, and DWD Secretary Amy Pechacek said the grants will help employers and workers gain skills in emerging and high-demand industries and boost the state's economic competitiveness.
Among the employers supported are an ice cream manufacturer in Dane County and a precision machining firm in Milwaukee County that will train employees to use advanced manufacturing equipment, a marine engine manufacturer in Fond du Lac County, a construction products company in Marathon County, and a consortium of Tribal-owned construction companies that will train employees to integrate AI into their work.
WisTRAIN builds on the Governor's Workforce Solutions Initiative, which has served more than 130,000 Wisconsinites through local and regional workforce training programs, and aligns with recommendations of the Governor's Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence, created in 2023.
图片来源：威斯康星州议会大厦，位于麦迪逊（资料图）。Michael Barera 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，维基共享资源
