ETP - California State Subsidized Training

BRIEF OVERVIEW

The State of California's ETP Program reduces the cost of courses, for those companies and employees that qualify, in order to ensure that California's workforce remains competitive. Essentially, the ETP program covers the majority of the training fees, while the participating company covers a much smaller portion.

ABOUT ETP STATE SUBSIDIZED TRAINING

Today's high-tech, global and increasingly competitive economy requires California workers and employers to have the most advanced skills and tools available to succeed. That is why effective job training is more essential today than ever before. Leading California's job training effort is the Employment Training Panel (ETP), the joint business-labor supported state agency that provides training funds which improve the productivity and competitiveness of California business, while providing secure employment for workers.

ETP is a California State agency that began in 1983 and is designed to fund training that meets the needs of employers for skilled workers and the need of workers for good, long-term jobs. The ETP program supports the California economy, primarily by funding the retraining of incumbent, frontline workers in companies challenged by out-of-state competition.