ince 1967, the Technical College System of Georgia’s Quick Start training program has served as an economic development incentive for qualified companies in Georgia. In FY04, Quick Start provided training for 310 projects involving 42,566 trainees. To date, 516,512 Georgians have benefited from Quick Start’s 4,629 training projects. Quick Start is recognized internationally as one of the most effective, responsive and business-like training organizations in the country.

Projects Proliferate

Of the 310 projects for FY04, 116 were new projects and 194 were expanding/existing projects. FY04 is the 13th consecutive year in which the number of expanding/existing projects exceeded new projects.

      Number of Projects 1995 through 2004

      Number of Trainees 1995 through 2004

Record Trainee Count

The number of trainees for new and expanding/ existing companies increased this year, from 42,145 in FY03 to 42,566. This is a duplicated training count. Due to the complexity of today’s jobs, most employees require training in multiple skill tracks. This year’s number of trainees set another record for Quick Start.