Lawrenceville, Ga. – Representatives from WIKA Instrument Corporation, Georgia Quick Start and Gwinnett Technical College met at the company recently to sign a partnership agreement to provide training for WIKA’s Lawrenceville-area employees.
WIKA, a global leader in the world of pressure and temperature instrumentation for more than 60 years, takes pride in promoting an environment of continuous improvement. The company encourages its employees to further their professional development. Gwinnett Technical College has provided leadership training to WIKA employees for many years, and WIKA executives are very excited about expanding this relationship through the Quick Start program.
“The only assets that appreciate within an organization are employees; everything else depreciates,” said Michael Gerster, president of WIKA Instrument Corporation. “We feel that this program is an investment in our workforce, and we couldn’t ask for better partners to help WIKA accomplish our training objectives.“
Quick Start is Georgia’s internationally acclaimed economic development program that provides customized workforce training - at no cost to qualified new, expanding and existing businesses in Georgia. Since 1967, Quick Start has trained more than 600,000 employees through 5,100 projects with a broad range of industries.
The Quick Start training agreement was developed based on a Project Study that was conducted at the WIKA facility in Lawrenceville, Ga. The training agreement is based on WIKA’s commitment to provide jobs for Georgians in the Lawrenceville area. Quick Start will be designing and developing training material, as well as providing instructors, for the classes.
The training program involves three distinct partners: WIKA, Gwinnett Technical College and Quick Start. Each partner will be responsible for the successful completion of this program. The partnership will not end when the Quick Start training is completed. Gwinnett Technical College will be available to assist WIKA with ongoing training programs.
“We are delighted to continue our strong and ongoing training partnership with WIKA,” said Gwinnett Tech President Sharon Rigsby. “We have been working with them on leadership training and in many other areas for several years. WIKA’s leadership recognizes the tremendous value of continued employee training, and we are proud to support that commitment.”