Workforce Training Funds

Vermont

HELM’s course offerings are approved for funding from the Vermont Training Program (VTP). This means that eligible Vermont-based employers can receive 50% reimbursement for approved training.

Important to note

• Employers must pay HELM tuition in full at the time of registration. They will receive reimbursement for 50% of the amount after the employee completes the course.

• Attendance at all sessions is required for reimbursement.

Reimbursable courses

The following courses are approved through VTP:

• Construction Business Basics

• Pre-Construction and Project Management

• Site Supervision

• Estimating Essentials

• Scheduling Skills

Eligibility

Conditions for eligibility:

• Trainees must be full-time permanent employees working in Vermont.

• Grants are offered for pre-employment training (with guaranteed hire post-training), new employee training, and incumbent employees.

• Employers and training providers must show that the use of VTP funds supplements training efforts, not replace or supplant training efforts.

• Training shall be directly related to the employment responsibilities of the employee.

• VTP funds shall not duplicate other state and/or federal funds for employee training.

• Employee compensation, at the completion of training, must equal or exceed the livable wage as defined by the Vermont Legislative Joint Fiscal Office — currently set at $15.33 per hour.

• Employees must be offered a minimum of three of the following employee benefits: health insurance (with 50% or more of the premium paid by the employer), dental assistance, paid vacation, paid holidays, child care, retirement benefits, other paid time off excluding paid sick days, other extraordinary employee benefits.

To apply

You will need to provide the following:

1. A completed Employee Eligibility for Employers form, including the name and hourly wage of each employee participating.

2. Certificate of Liability & Workers Comp Insurance. Review this insurance checklist for details.

3. Proof of employee benefits. (A portion of the employee handbook, for example.)

Reimbursement

These steps must be completed for reimbursement:

1. Employers need to submit the Employee Eligibility for Employers form to VTP, listing each employee that they plan to enroll in the course, with all the attachments. Submit via email to john.young@vermont.gov.

2. VTP approves the employer for funding.

3. The employer registers individuals in the course through the HELM website (payment in full is required at the time of registration).

4. At the completion of the course, HELM certifies attendance at all the sessions.

5. VTP issues a check to HELM.

6. HELM then reimburses each of the employers for 50% of the tuition.