readySC™

(Formerly CATT – Center for Accelerated Technology Training)

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readySC™ is a program of the South Carolina Technical College System designed to provide customized training to new and expanding industries in South Carolina.

The South Carolina Technical College System was founded on the premise that the state would be better served by providing a way to train its citizens and employ them in South Carolina with jobs that the state helped to create. When the concept of technical education was being proposed, many of South Carolina's young people were leaving the state to pursue higher paying jobs in other geographic regions. There was a profound need to be more proactive in recruiting business and industry into the state, in training citizens for the jobs that those industries would create and in maintaining a commitment to that training should businesses want to expand and grow within our state.

readySC™ program is the result of legislation proposed and passed in 1961 with the help of U.S. Senator Fritz Hollings (then Governor of South Carolina) and the West Committee. readySC™ continues to focus on its main purpose, which is to offer trained employees to a company from day one of operations. Since 1961, 218,019 people have been trained for new jobs in 1,711 companies. In addition, readySC™ program has been highlighted on NBC Nightly News, "America Close Up" with Tom Brokaw, ABC News with Peter Jennings, and in the Wall Street Journal.

The Technical College System is currently involved with over 169 companies designing and/or implementing specific training programs -- 57 percent are new companies and 43 percent are existing companies that are expanding their business. In the last year, more than 8,500 people went through training at readySC™.

Just a few examples of some of the programs that are adapted to the needs of each industry are:

• ISO 9000
• Total Quality Management
• Team Building
• Supervisory Development Training
• Statistical Process Control
• World Class Concepts

 

readySC™ division has divided the state into four regions, with a manager assigned to each region. Companies locating in Clarendon County will utilize facilities at Midlands Technical College which has five campuses in the Columbia metropolitan area including two in Lexington County – the Airport Campus in West Columbia and the Harbison Campus in Irmo.