Local SCVRD Offices launches New Employment Program

A new employment program is being launched by the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department Office serving Oconee and Pickens counties. Anna Connelly, business development specialist with the local office gives details on the new custodial program. “We take a client who has a vocational object of working as a custodian or janitor within industry or business. An eight-week program is very specific to that vocation. They learn one-week in the classroom and then seven-weeks of on the job training in our environment, so they are cleaning our office areas. Every week they are evaluated on this and we make sure they are meeting the expectations. Once they graduate from that, we have some partners out in the community that are always looking for people to work in that area. One in particular is a company that works mainly cleaning the 1-million square feet of Clemson University, so they always have positions and that is GCA Services.” To learn more about the custodial program or any of the services offered through the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department, call 864-882-6669 or visit www.scvrd.net.