The Small Business Employee Training (SBET) program is available through the Louisiana Department of Labor for Louisiana employers that have been in business for three years and have 50 or less employees.  Unlike the Incumbent Worker Training Program, training under the SBET grants must come from an approved list that can be found on www.laworks.net.  These grants can be applied for online and typically have a turn around time of 30 days.  For more information, contact our Grants Department at 1-800-892-8179 and choose option-5.  You will also find more information including eligibility criteria below.

The following PEC courses are qualified under the SBET program (Note: PEC/Premier is listed under Council Development Corp. dba PEC/Premier Safety Management on the SBET list of approved training):

OPPS Program
Offshore Readiness Program
PEC Basic-SafeGulf Orientation
PEC Core Compliance Program
PEC Core Refresher
Confined Space Rescue
Rigging API RP2D 5th Edition
Hydrogen Sulfide Safety
HazWoper Operations / Technician Level
ServSafe
Medic 1st Aid / CPR / Bloodbourne Pathogens / AED

Description:

The Small Business Employee Training Program is designed to benefit business and industry by assisting in the skill development of existing employees through individual, standardized (off the shelf) training.  Employers are reimbursed for tuition and required textbooks and manuals once the training has been completed and the proper documentation has been submitted to the Louisiana Department of Labor (LDOL).  Training costs cannot exceed $3,000 per trainee per state fiscal year (July 1-June 30).

Training Can Consist Of:

• Classes either non-credit or credit at an educational institution under the policy or direct management authority of the Board of Regents;
  

• Training from a manufacturer or their representative within one year of the purchase of equipment valued at more than $3,000 where the training is not otherwise incorporated into the purchase price of the equipment
  

• Training from a manufacturer or their representative to upgrade computer skills;
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• Training from a national, regional or state trade association that offers an independently certified training curricula and testing, which can demonstrate a successful training history of at least five years.
  

Eligibility Criteria:

Employers must have been in business in the state for at least three years, contributing to the workforce development training account, be in full compliance with Louisiana’s UI laws, have 50 or less employees and cannot receive customized training and SBET concurrently.  In addition, the employer’s request for training must be to:

1. Prevent job loss caused by obsolete skills, technological change, or national or global competition.

2. Create, update, or retain jobs in a labor demand occupation; or

3. Update or retain jobs in an occupation which is not a labor demand occupation, if the administrator determines that the services are necessary to prevent the likely loss of jobs.

Trainees must be incumbent workers for whom the employer incurs a state UI tax liability.

Training must be in a labor demand occupation(s) as defined for Workforce Investment Purposes or in a cluster based industry as defined in Vision 2020.

For more information, contact our Grants Department or visit http://www.laworks.net/forms/IWT/IWTP_SBET_Overview.pdf