Georgia Work Based Learning / Youth Apprenticeship

Is a work-based learning program right for your business?

The Georgia Work-Based Learning Program assists businesses with building a highly trained, technologically sophisticated and career oriented young work force. Our goal is to assist in the creation of a strong support structure between local employers, students and schools. Work-Based Learning supplies talent to address industry workforce shortage needs. We promote an industry-driven system where employers set occupational skills standards, collaborate on curriculum, provide work experience and certify mastery of skills. Focus on the future with Georgia Work-Based Learning.

Mohawk High School Program

500+

WBL & YAP Coordinators

31,919

2023-2024 Students Served

23,979

Participating Employers

$128,085,451

2023-2024 Wages Earned by WBL Students

381

Participating Schools

* Data Source: 2023-2024 Work-Based Learning C-NET

Our local Work Based Learning program provides sharp, professional students who are talented and eager to learn. We use WBL participants as part of our intern program and enjoy how readily they integrate with our team. It is wonderful to have this resource in our community for creating career paths that benefit small businesses with a work-ready work force to recruit locally from.

Tamara Siragusa E-Marketing Director, Cogentes

Student Success Stories: Eric Ramey

Eric Ramey, a 2013-2014 graduate of Jackson County Comprehensive High School and Work Based Learning participant and Youth Apprenticeship completer, began his pathway to success with Kubota Industrial Equipment as a junior in high school. Eric has completed the Agriculture Mechanics Pathway and Construction Pathways. As a junior, he was hired as a Work Based Learning/Youth Apprenticeship intern and worked on the assembly lines at Kubota, but also worked in the following departments: Backhoe Assembly, Receiving Warehouse, Chassis Assembly, Tractor Assembly, Research and Development, and the Kaizen Shop. Based on his outstanding work ethic, KIE saw the potential for Eric to advance within the company.

Eric took advantage of Kubota's tuition reimbursement program and enrolled in the Industrial Systems Technology Course at Lanier Technical College and recently completed his coursework. He is now a maintenance technician at Kubota Industrial Equipment, Jefferson, GA and he is responsible for servicing and maintaining all equipment (processing work orders and preventative maintenance), trouble shooting and diagnosing electrical problems, installing new hardware on equipment to improve performance and trouble shooting and repairing hydraulic systems and pneumatic systems. He also trouble shoots basic PLC programs and writes basic PLC ladder programs.

He is married and welcomed a baby boy in December.

When I first met Eric he was Undecided / Unclear / and Unsure about his future after graduation. Through WBL and our mentoring opportunities we discovered a young man who was Able / Willing / and Successful in his secondary education at Lanier Technical College and now he has a clear career pathway at Kubota...Thanks again for the opportunity to work with such a fine young man, and he was a very good recruiter in bringing his brother on board as well.
Greg Worley
Kubota Manufacturing of America

Building strong relationships for . . . Educators . . . . . .Students . . . and Employers

Georgia Work-Based Learning