1. Contract can be written with businesses from the public, private-for profit,
or private non-profit sectors.

2. Mahoning & Columbiana Training Association may reimburse up to 50% of
employee’s wages to compensate employer’s extraordinary costs incurred
during training.

3. An On the Job Training program (OJT) must provide a job seeker with a
recognized skill or competency that is in demand in local labor market.

4. The length of the contract depends on the skills needed to perform the
position and the candidate’s past experience and how much it relates to
current position.

5. Interested businesses must submit a training plan proposal including starting
wage, length of desired contract, duties of position and how long employee
will be trained for each required duty to:

Columbiana and Mahoning County Employers
Carly Lafferre, Business Services Representative
Columbiana County One Stop
7860 Lincole Place/P.O. Box 314
Lisbon,OH 44432
Work: 330.420.WORK (9675) Ext. 124
Fax: 330.424.7313
carly@onestopohio.org

6. Possible candidates for On the job training must meet our eligibility criteria.
(Job seeker must be a dislocated worker- laid off or unemployed due to
company closing or downsizing or must meet income guidelines.) You may
interview several eligible candidates and chose the one who best fits the
company’s needs. Employees are on employer’s payroll, covered under
employer’s worker’s compensation etc. We will reimburse you once per
month for up to 50% of employee’s wages for that month.

Steps the Employer must take:

1) Submit a training plan proposal that includes the type of training that the job
seeker will be receiving, the desired length of training, the starting wage including
any benefits that are offered, a list of job duties required for the position as well as
the length of time you expect to train the employee to acquire each new skill.

2) Once your training proposal is approved you will be required to sign the On the
Job Training Contract.

3) You will be required to submit the employee’s time sheet once per month and will
be reimbursed for up to 50% of the trainee’s wages.

At the end of the training period you may be asked to fill out an evaluation on the
employee.

For a copy of the On-The-Job training contract, please click here.