Thank you business owners for completing the Hanover Center for Workforce Excellence Business Survey. Click here for survey results.

Check out the feature in the Central Penn Business Journal.

Check out the Open House special featured on Adams County Television.


The Hanover Center for Workforce Excellence, (HCWE) located at 400 Pine St., provides affordable, high-quality training in your own backyard.

Through the Center, you can discover how localized training can save you time and resources. The two-room Center features a soft skills classroom and a hands-on industrial classroom.

“Established to meet the growing training needs of local business and industry the HCWE is a true community center. Working with area providers, the Center will be the hub for premier professional development right in Hanover,” said Gary Laird, president, Hanover Chamber.

“We want people to realize that the Center is for every business, not just manufacturing. Although industry-specific training will be provided, leadership, marketing and management classes will also be offered,” said Tom Scholles, Human Resources Manager, Utz Quality Foods.

For training information, visit www.hacc.edu.

The Introduction to Manufacturing (ITM) program is a partnership between the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce, HACC - Gettysburg Campus, local school districts and area manufactures. ITM is an 18 week program designed to educate high school seniors about the manufacturing environment, potential career paths in manufacturing, and local career opportunities within the Hanover marketplace. ITM also provides students with the opportunity to earn 1 – 3 college credits in engineering at HACC.

In addition to class instruction, students visit areas manufactures. Industry representatives provide students with an introduction to their business, a plant tour and information about operations and administration.

The Chamber thanks the following businesses for hosting the ITM students:

• Elsner Engineering Works
• Hanover Lantern
• Leonhardt Manufacturing
• McClarin Plastics
• R.H. Sheppard
• SKF
• Snyder’s of Hanover
• Utz Quality Foods

For more information on ITM, please email Gary Laird, President, Hanover Chamber.

Each local school district offers a variety of career-based opportunities. Please click the links below for details.

Delone Catholic High School (pdf)
Hanover High School (pdf)
New Oxford High School (pdf)
South Western High School (pdf)