- Scout Motors has opened a new on-site training facility in Blythewood, South Carolina, to prepare its first 100 electric vehicle assembly workers for the factory floor.
COLUMBIA — Scout Motors’ employee training facility is open and ready to prep its first 100 electric vehicle assembly workers for jobs on the factory floor.
All employees hired by the electric vehicle maker will go through hands-on instruction, using simulators and mock work stations, at the center located on Scout’s Blythewood manufacturing campus. The training is designed to get employees job ready, whether the person has past manufacturing experience or not.
“What happens a lot in America is there’s theoretical training and then a real job. That’s not what we’re doing here,” CEO Scott Keogh said. “The training is directly aligned to what the workers will be doing…