{"id":1493,"date":"2020-08-03T11:53:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T02:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askinno.com\/global\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:43:20","slug":"sk-battery-america-partners-with-georgia-quick-start-and-lanier-technical-college-to-train-2600-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askinno.com\/global\/archives\/1493","title":{"rendered":"SK battery America partners with Georgia Quick Start and Lanier Technical College to train 2,600 jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1857\" src=\"https:\/\/askinno.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/200731_SK_Battery_America_\ud2b8\ub808\uc774\ub2dd\ud611\ub825\ud504\ub85c\uadf8\ub7a8\uacc4\uc57d\uccb4\uacb0_\uba54\uc778_\ucd5c\uc885.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;\">SK battery America, a manufacturing facility of SK Innovation Battery Business in the U.S., has signed a partnership agreement with Quick Start and Lanier Technical College in Georgia, U.S. to train 2,600 new jobs on July 30<sup>th<\/sup> (local time).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;\">Quick Start is Georgia\u2019s internationally acclaimed economic development program that provides customized workforce training at no cost to qualified businesses in Georgia. It has trained more than 1.25 million workers through nearly 7,000 projects since 1967. Lanier Technical College provides technical and adult education to support the economic development and well-being of the people, communities, and companies of various counties including Jackson County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1497\" src=\"https:\/\/askinno.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/200731_SK_Battery_America_\ud2b8\ub808\uc774\ub2dd\ud611\ub825\ud504\ub85c\uadf8\ub7a8\uacc4\uc57d\uccb4\uacb0_\uc774\ubbf8\uc9c0_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">\u25b2 (Photo on the right) From left, Director of Quick Start Bruce Batton, President of SK battery America Junho Hwang, President of Lanier Technical College Ray Perren sign the training partnership agreement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;\">SK battery America\u2019s first EV battery manufacturing plant in Georgia is under construction and expected to start operating in 2021 with an annual capacity of 9.8 GWh, providing approximately 2,000 new high-skilled jobs. The firm also signed another 940 million USD investment in June to build the second plant here, which is set to produce 11.7GWh annually and create more than 600 additional new jobs. In total, SK battery America will provide about 2,600 jobs in the Jackson County area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1496\" src=\"https:\/\/askinno.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/200731_SK_Battery_America_\ud2b8\ub808\uc774\ub2dd\ud611\ub825\ud504\ub85c\uadf8\ub7a8\uacc4\uc57d\uccb4\uacb0_\uc774\ubbf8\uc9c0_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">\u25b2 President of SK battery America Junho Hwang (4<sup>th<\/sup> from left), Governor of Georgia Brian P. Kemp (5<sup>th<\/sup> from left) and other staff at the signing ceremony of SK Innovation\u2019s additional investment in Georgia on June 25th (local time)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;\">Pre-hire testing, job-specific training for each major production area and maintenance will be provided through Quick Start\u2019s training program for SK battery America. The program will also include professional development and quality and productivity enhancement training courses. Previously, in order to prepare for the courses, Quick Start conducted a project study at SK Innovation\u2019s battery factory in Seosan, South Korea. Quick Start is in charge of designing and developing training material, hands-on simulations, and providing instructors for the classes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1498\" src=\"https:\/\/askinno.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/200731_SK_Battery_America_\ud2b8\ub808\uc774\ub2dd\ud611\ub825\ud504\ub85c\uadf8\ub7a8\uacc4\uc57d\uccb4\uacb0_\uc774\ubbf8\uc9c0_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">\u25b2The employees of SK battery America participate in Quick Start training program<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;\">The partnership will continue after the Quick Start training completes. Lanier Technical College will keep assisting SK battery America with ongoing training programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1499\" src=\"https:\/\/askinno.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/200731_SK_Battery_America_\ud2b8\ub808\uc774\ub2dd\ud611\ub825\ud504\ub85c\uadf8\ub7a8\uacc4\uc57d\uccb4\uacb0_\uc774\ubbf8\uc9c0_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">\u25b2 President of SK battery America Junho Hwang (right) delivers the certificates of completion to employees who finished the training courses<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;\">Jackie Rohosky, Technical College System of Georgia deputy commissioner and head of Quick Start commented, \u201cThis is a great partnership with a great company that will enhance the Jackson County community by providing thousands of jobs.\u201d \u201cThis is what Quick Start is all about: providing training to companies that are creating jobs in Georgia,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;\">Ray Perren, Lanier Technical College president said &#8220;Lanier Tech stands ready to help SK battery America and the community in every way we can.\u201d \u201cThis is such a win for our community and SK battery America,\u201d Perren continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Nanum Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;\">\u201cSK battery America is able to recruit talented employees and train them to be successful through the great partnership that we have with Georgia Quick Start and Lanier Technical College\u201d, said Junho Hwang, president of SK battery America. \u201cAs our second plant construction is getting ready to begin, it is inevitable that our partnership will only grow stronger and will bring future for the Jackson Country community and SK battery America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 1180px; border: 2px solid #d5d5d5; padding: 5px 0px; line-height: 26px; 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