Raise the Bar Hancock County is congratulating the members of its 16th WorkAdvance cohort on their graduation from the program.

Raise the Bar says seven graduates celebrated their completion of the program and two secured jobs before graduation, beginning work at BVHS and DHL.

Raise the Bar says all of the graduates sat for the Certified Manufacturing Associate exam, with two already passing and others on track to succeed soon.

Hancock County’s WorkAdvance program requires eligible individuals to participate in a two-week training. The training covers job readiness skills; math refreshers; and technical training such as safety, robotics, machining, quality, troubleshooting, and assembly. Participants will interact with instructors to gain familiarity and comfort with the expectations of local manufacturing workplaces.

At the end of the training, partnering manufacturers will interview participants and potentially offer positions on their teams.