The Auburn Training Connection is a unique partnership among industry, education, and government with a mission to address the challenges of training, supporting, and maintaining a skilled workforce in a region that is experiencing rapid growth.

Auburn Training Connection Mission Statement

The mission of the ATC shall be as follows:

To create and implement a comprehensive and accountable workforce development system that will improve the area workforce by providing basic skills training programs that will increase the quantity and quality of skills necessary to support Auburn industry/manufacturing and enhance industrial career opportunities for the citizens of Auburn, Lee County and surrounding counties.

The mission shall be accomplished by such activities as:

• Creating and implementing an industry/manufacturing service plan that identifies industry/manufacturing employment needs and matches education and training services to meet those needs.
• Facilitating partnerships among industry/manufacturing, government, and education entities to effectively address the labor needs of industry/manufacturing and enhance the well being of the community.
• Involving industry/manufacturing, government, and education entities in employment training, skill standards, employee development and other related activities.
• Creating and increasing livable wage job opportunities for economically disadvantaged persons, mature workers, and other such groups requiring special targeting.
• Establishing a training center for industry/manufacturing employers to provide training services to current and new employees.
• Developing meaningful accountability systems.
• Seeking grants and other funding to fill gaps and ensure comprehensive and effective services.

Auburn Training Connection Goals

1. The ATC shall enhance industrial/ manufacturing career opportunities for area citizens.
2. The ATC shall identify skill and education training deficits in its local industry/ manufacturing workforce.
3. The ATC shall provide assistance to its members to achieve greater productivity and maximize livable wage employment opportunities for Auburn, Lee County, and surrounding counties.
4. The ATC shall provide alternative career opportunities for Auburn High School and other area high school students not going to college or a University.
5. The ATC shall develop a school-to-work program.
6. The ATC shall maximize public funding resources and seek private funding.