Selma & Dallas County, Alabama
Economic Development Authority

Quality Labor Force

Within a 40 mile radius of Selma, you'll find a labor force of more than 211,299 people, with skills in manufacturing, utilities, retail, wholesale, communications and other industries. Selma has a large pool of workers immediately available in addition to a sizable number of under-employed people whose skills, education and experience exceed the demands of their current employment.

Vocational and Technical Programs:

Our high schools offer technical classes and applied academic courses through vocational/technical schools. This curriculum offers programs that include welding, carpentry, auto mechanics, body shop, and health occupations.

This program is specially designed for students planning either to attend a two-year technical college or to enter the work place directly after graduation.

Wallace Community College Selma's occupational programs consist of courses in nursing (both RN and LPN), cosmetology, computer science, welding, drafting, machining and masonry.

Job Training Programs:

Wallace Community College Selma - Training for Business and Industry Program:

This program is designed to meet the specific needs of employers. Classes are tailored to meet the needs of individual industries and range from business office practices to technical equipment operation.

In addition, the Focused Industry Training (FIT) program and the Selma Works program provide job-readiness instruction.

Alabama Industrial Development Training (AIDT):

As a business coming into Selma you can take advantage of Alabama Industrial Development Training. This program designs courses specifically for your company and trains your workers at no charge until your plant is fully staffed. This is an internationally-acclaimed program that has trained over 100,000 workers from 800 companies.

Workforce Investment Act of 1998:

One of our most important benefits is our post-employment training. What this program basically does is to keep your employees up-to-date with your expansions or modernizations by retraining them to meet your needs. We also have a federally-supported program under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), which subsidizes training costs and worker wages until training is complete. These programs will keep your business thriving and keep you in Selma.

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