Governor Beshear announces new online program to help Kentuckians find good paying jobs

Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday Kentuckians seeking to enter the workforce now have free access to a new online learning program to help prepare them for good jobs in several high-demand industries.

Team Kentucky is proud to offer free access to the Ready for Industry® program thanks to $5 million in funding awarded to the Education and Labor Cabinet through a federal Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy and Training grant.

Each Ready for Industry® course is 15-20 hours of instruction designed to help jobseekers understand what it's like to work in several high-demand industries, like manufacturing, health care, information technology, transportation, distribution and logistics and architecture and construction.

Kentucky is only the fifth state in the nation to provide free, statewide access to the program.