Nunez Community College To Acquire $1 Million Training Unit, Expanding Workforce Pipeline For Louisiana's Energy Sector

  • Nunez Community College will add a $1 million Liquefied Natural Gas handson training unit to its Process Technology program thanks to a Strengthening Community Colleges grant from the Department of Labor. The unit will join existing PTEC training facilities like the methanol plant (pictured) on the Nunez campus.
    Nunez Community College will add a $1 million Liquefied Natural Gas handson training unit to its Process Technology program thanks to a Strengthening Community Colleges grant from the Department of Labor. The unit will join existing PTEC training facilities like the methanol plant (pictured) on the Nunez campus.

    Nunez Community College announced on August 4th that it will procure a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) hands-on training unit—valued at nearly $1 million—to expand the Process Technology (PTEC) program at its Chalmette campus with LNG-specific, industry-aligned instruction.

    With U.S. Department of Labor authorization now in place, the acquisition is moving forward under the Strengthening Community Coll…