STATESBORO, Ga. (WSAV) -- The state of Georgia was awarded a $6.1 million grant for apprenticeships programs at technical colleges within the state.

Apprenticeship programs are work based training programs that allow students to get hands-on experience. Vice President of Economic Development at Savannah Tech, Tal Loos said the apprenticeship programs at Savannah Tech allow students to accelerate their professional careers.

"It gives us the opportunity to provide more support to the student and or the company to allow them to be able to build a bridge and build that workforce force pipeline that is really needed in today's world," Loos said.

The $6.2 million is the largest federal grant for apprenticeship programs in Georgia's history. Loos said that this allows for them to relieve some

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