Sims seeks King County aid for high school technology training

Saying the county's youth need technology-related job training for the Information Age, King County Executive Ron Sims announced today he is asking the County Council for $143,000 to help establish two programs at the Sea-Tac Occupational Skills Center.

"I'm proud that King County is a technology leader among local governments," said Sims. "This is a chance to combine the county's need for technologically savvy future employees while creating an opportunity to help train students for tomorrow's workforce."

Sims said he is asking the Council to provide $75,000 to fund a computer network systems program through the skills center, and another $68,000 to fund a human resources training program.

• The computer network program will train students on how to develop and maintain local and wide area networks. Upon course completion, students will be able to obtain certification as Network Administrators for both Novell and Microsoft NT platforms.
• The second program would qualify students for immediate employment as human resource generalists. Sims said with so many companies expanding in the region, there is an increasing demand for human resource generalists to aid in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring personnel, plus administering payroll, benefits and health/safety programs.