Skilled to Work

Culinary instructors at Ogeechee Technical College say they worked with students during the shutdown, but they’re preparing now for in-person classes later this month.

Work Based Learning in Effingham County gives students the opportunity to basically test drive a career, in the real world.

We hear about companies, even governments, hacked and held hostage online and forced to pay ransom. In Georgia, some schools are teaching students how to help combat this.

Ogeechee Tech Industrial Maintenance Training Lab is helping local employers fill a growing gap and local employees work their way to a higher skill set and income.

Imagine you're studying for a career in healthcare, as the COVID-19 pandemic breaks out.

After receiving a $350-thousand grant from EJF Philantropies in 2019 The City of Hardeeville has now used that money to offer career advancement and workforce training. A program they believe will set both it’s students and the city on a path to success.

They may have been socially distanced, but leaders from Ogeechee Technical College and Georgia Southern University signed an Accelerated Transfer Program last week to help students move fluidly from one school to the other.

Savannah Technical College is now offering multiple short-term career training courses, many of which you can take without leaving your own home. Logistics is one that continues to grow even as many other businesses struggle due to COVID-19.

The pandemic may have canceled in-person classes at Savannah Tech and elsewhere, but Tom Amacher's trying to keep up with the demand for CDL training.

Many married couples will tell you their wedding was the best day of their lives.

Workers who once fixed our cars, our homes and more, faced dirty work and a perception that they’d settled for their careers. Today, those jobs have become more high-tech and high-paying.

Driving a truck may not be something many consider for a career.But a course at Savannah Tech’s Effingham Campus offers hands on training, gets drivers on the road and into new jobs in just five weeks.Proving that a career in trucking could be the fast lane to success.

One of the biggest engine makers in the world helps young people find their future career.

Effingham College and Career Academy prides themselves in taking a different approach to education.

Johnny Bridges grew up in a garage, fixing cars alongside his father and grandfather.

Students at Effingham College & Career Academy receive daily hands-on training in multiple fields like culinary, automotive, engineering, and health care studies.

School leaders at Ogeechee Tech are anticipating another enrollment increase. This would be the seventh straight term for numbers to go up as plenty of other schools watch theirs fluctuate.

If you live near Screven County, a new career behind the wheel could be near you.