Peach Road
South Carolina is committed to providing a stable and trained workforce to support companies who are considering locating or expanding their business here. As a result of the State’s commitment to workforce training and through its own partnerships, Fairfield County has a diverse base of skilled workers as well as access to the tools needed to train its future workforce. Fairfield County participates in the readySC worker training program, a customized worker training program that is offered through the State’s technical college system. readySC has trained hundreds of thousands of employees in a variety of skill areas and was ranked No. 4 workforce training program in the nation by Expansion Management magazine.
Fairfield County is served by Midlands Technical College and is located in the award winning Midlands Workforce Development Board's service territory. In 2009, Fairfield County partnered with Midlands Technical College and constructed a 10,000 SF Quick Jobs training facility in Winnsboro. This facility is less than 10 miles from Fairfield Commerce Center and offers Quick Jobs training courses which are designed to provide skills training for high demand jobs in the area within a short period of time (6-16 weeks). Quick Jobs programs include NCCER Welding, Pipefitting, Industrial Technology, Information Technology and Healthcare.
The Midlands Technical College Northeast Campus is a short 15 minute drive from Fairfield's industrial corridor specializes in industrial technologies training. In addition to having an award-winning regional workforce development group, a Quick Jobs training center and being located within close proximity to one of the most technologically advanced industrial training facilities in the State, Fairfield County also has a first-rate career and technology center that trains high school students through several nationally certified vocational programs.
