DBTS Provides Software Platform Utilized in Program Nominated as Bellwether Award Finalist

January 27, 2020

WILLISTON, N.D. – Last month, Williston State College was named one of 30 community colleges selected as 2020 finalists for the highly coveted Bellwether Awards given by the Bellwether College Consortium (BCC). The nationally recognized Bellwether Award focuses on innovative practices and programs worthy of replication and is given in three categories: Instructional Programs and Services; Planning, Governance, and Finance; and Workforce Development. WSC and its ONE BASIN One Way! program is a finalist in the Workforce Development category which identifies strategic alliances that promote community and economic development. A standardized contractor safety orientation program, ONE BASIN One Way! was developed by members of the North Dakota Petroleum Council (NDPC), including producers and contractors, based in the Bakken. Diamond B, assists by providing a software platform they designed called ProCertX, which was built specifically for the training and certification challenges subcontractors and producers face.

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