EarnMoreWV is a campaign that promotes the state's high-demand manufacturing careers-- and the training programs that can help students land these jobs.
This showcase features careers in drafting, machine-tool technology, chemical plant operation and mechatronics. These jobs pay at least $40,000, but for whatever reason usually go unfilled.
EarnMoreWV is sponsored by the West Virginia Community and Technical College System (WVCTCS), the West Virginia Development Office, and WorkForce West Virginia.
"These technical and manufacturing careers hold bright futures in our state," said Governor Earl Ray Tomblin in statewide press release.
A Southern Governors' Association study cited in the release discovered that middle-skill jobs in key manufacturing fields are multiplying because the current workforce is retiring with too few new people entering these fields. The demand for these jobs is increasing, with 48 percent of West Virginia's job openings expected to be in these areas.
"These middle-skill jobs require training available through our community and technical colleges," Tomblin stated in the press release. "These fields offer job opportunities and security for individuals and their families."
The EarnMoreWV campaign offers the chance to win one of two, two-semester WVCTC scholarships by submitting a video of West Virginia dream jobs. The campaign runs through the fall. The video contest deadline is November 30. The two scholarship winners will be announced in 2013.
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