Job training grants have been awarded to three New Hampshire companies to help them train a total of 114 workers in new skills.
The Job Training Fund grants, announced by Gov. Maggie Hassan, total $18,175; the three companies contributed matching funds to bring the total amount of funds for training workers to $36,351.
Awarded grants were:
• D.S. Cole Growers Inc., Loudon, which received a grant of $7,887 to allow the New Hampshire Manufacturing Extension Partnership to train 10 employees in quality control and LEAN process flow.
• DeStefano Architects PLLC, Portsmouth, awarded a grant of $1,300 to train eight employees in REVIT 3D software using Microdesk of Nashua as the trainer.
• Nanocomp Technologies Inc., Merrimack, received a grant of $8,988 to train 96 workers in continuous improvement, ISO training and IT training with NHMEP and New Horizons.
Since October 2007, some $6.4 million in job training grants have been awarded to New Hampshire firms.