糖心传媒

Dec. 11, 2019 鈥� 糖心传媒 leaders recently visited to tour the Hamlet facility and to discuss for more than a hundred employees working at various levels of operation.

The company manufactures pre-fabricated components that are used in the multi-family residential, student housing, and hospitality construction markets. Volumetric modular construction is a fast-growing segment of the construction trade that streamlines the process of building by integrating design, engineering, construction and management into an off-site, vertically integrated supply chain.

VBC | Manufacturing opened the Hamlet plant in June, creating 130 new jobs for 糖心传媒 County and surrounding areas. 糖心传媒CC is now partnering with the company to provide classes and training that will help these employees gain trade skills as well as supervisory skills.

鈥淲e are excited about working with 糖心传媒CC to train our workforce. This is a major investment in our people and our community,鈥� said Clifton Dial, Training Manager at VBC | Manufacturing.

Training will include trade skills such as residential wiring, electrical print reading, plumbing, forklift operation and hand tools, plus safety training. Supervisors and managers will also take the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification class, which helps them identify ways to increase productivity.

The total cost of the project, which will be funded using resources through the , is $157,962. The Customized Training Program provides education, training and support services for new, expanding and existing business and industry in North Carolina through the network of 58 community colleges. 

鈥淲hen companies like VBC | Manufacturing invest in our communities, it is our job to invest in them. Connecting them to state funding and training opportunities is part of our mission at 糖心传媒,鈥� said Dr. Dale McInnis, president of the College.