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Hyun Tech, Inc. Awarded $25,000 for Incumbent Worker Training Grant

Workforce Essentials Inc.Clarksville, TN – Hyun Tech, Inc. located in Clarksville, TN was awarded $25,000 for an Incumbent Worker Training grant (IWT). Hyun Tech, Inc. is a MRO (maintenance, repair, and operations) company that works directly with Hankook Tire Factory.

They supply Hankook Tire with equipment and materials that are needed for factory production. Hyun Tech also provides waste management services for the factory by discarding all scrap tire.

(L to R: Front Row) Young Woo Jeon, MiJong Hall, Martika Fisher, Jeong Hun Kim (Hyun Tech) back row: Michael Jackson, AJC: Jamaal Bradley, Workforce Essentials; and Francisco Vasquez, AJC
(L to R: Front Row) Young Woo Jeon, MiJong Hall, Martika Fisher, Jeong Hun Kim (Hyun Tech) back row: Michael Jackson, AJC: Jamaal Bradley, Workforce Essentials; and Francisco Vasquez, AJC

Hyun Tech Assistant Martika Fisher stated, “This grant has assisted our small company take on additional sales orders from Hankook Tire Factory. We are now able to use a software system that helps our company be more efficient and effective in service delivery.”

The Department of Labor and Workforce Development offers eligible TN Employers competitive grant funding to provide skills upgrades for existing workers or train new hires as an incentive to grow their business.

The Incumbent Worker Training Program (IWT) is a competitive grant that provides funding to help eligible Tennessee businesses effectively train and retain employees by providing skills upgrades and process improvement training for existing, full-time employees, while the Apprenticeship Training Grant (ATG) supports Tennessee employers that are interested in starting an apprenticeship program or are already authorized providers of the Registered Apprenticeship Program through US/DOL – Office of Apprenticeships.

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, through the American Job Center, administers the Incumbent Worker Training Program in Middle Tennessee. If interested in the consolidated business grants, please contact Andrea Dillard at 931.905.3501.

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