$938,447 grant awarded to PSC for mobile manufacturing job training program

A federal grant of nearly $1 million will help Prairie State College establish job training centers on wheels, according to an official with the Chicago Heights college.

The Commerce Department grant will be used to purchase two 53-foot-long semi-truck trailers, which will be outfitted with equipment to teach welding and machining skills, according to Craig Schmidt, Prairie State vice president of community and economic development…Click here to read Mike Nolan’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown. A related story is here in the Times.