Residents of Atlantic City who are interested in becoming a casino table game dealer have the opportunity to receive free training through a county-supported initiative.
Yesterday, the Atlantic County Workforce Development Board declared that county residents are now suitable to receive free tuition for table game dealer courses. The six-week courses will be hosted at the Atlantic County One-Stop Career Center in Pleasantville, NJ.
This is an amazing chance to gain new skills, receive proper instruction, and land a job in just six weeks. And it’s totally free of charge,” said Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson. “These new dealers could be working on casino floors before Memorial Day weekend.”
The county’s Workforce Development Board will cover the tuition expenses for the casino dealer school and the $100 licensing fee charged by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. The education grants, the Workforce Development Board explained, come from the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA).
Established by Congress and authorized by President Barack Obama in 2014, the WIOA is intended to help train workers to meet labor market demands and match those potential hires with employers in need of such help.
Recruiting Difficulty
Employment is a significant problem in Atlantic City despite COVID-19 being mostly in the past. The nine casinos in town jointly employed 22,624 workers at the end of January. While that’s 838 more positions from January 2022, the employment figure remains thousands of jobs below the industry’s pre-pandemic workforce.
MGM Resorts’ Borgata is the biggest casino employer in Atlantic City with 4,552 workers. Hard Rock is a distant second with 3,415 staffers.
The unemployment rate for Atlantic City as of January, the most recently reported data month from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, was 5.9%. Nationwide unemployment in January was just 3.4%.
Unemployment in the beach town rose 1.4% month-to-month, with the city’s Leisure and Hospitality data series playing a considerable role in the increase. The Leisure and Hospitality sector reported employing about 34,900 people in January, down from 35,400 in December.
Dealer School Information
Table game dealer classes will begin on April 1 at the Atlantic County One-Stop Career Center. Those interested in attending must register by calling the Workforce Development Board at 609-485-0052 or by visiting the agency in person at 2 S. Main Street in Pleasantville Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm EST.
Atlantic City casinos proclaim that their dealers have the earning capacity of upwards of $70,000 annually. But many current croupiers complain that their jobs risk their personal health because of ongoing indoor casino smoking.
CEASE — Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects — is leading a local campaign to persuade state legislators to close the Atlantic City casino smoking loophole. Casino employees recently presented testimony before the New Jersey Assembly Health Committee and Assembly Tourism, Gaming, and the Arts Committee regarding the health hazards of being a dealer in Atlantic City.
Workers who have been diagnosed with cancer and other tobacco-related illnesses said it’s essential that state legislators make the casinos go fully smoke-free. A recent study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that casinos that have smoking sections present considerable health risks throughout the facility, including in areas that are supposedly smoke-free.
The Casino Association of New Jersey, which represents the nine resorts in Trenton, and the leading casino workers’ union — Unite Here Local 54 — oppose a full smoking ban. Those groups believe that gaming revenue would decrease and lead to as many as 2,500 job losses with a smoking ban enacted.
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Residents of Atlantic City who are interested in becoming a casino table game dealer have the opportunity to receive free training through a county-supported initiative.
Yesterday, the Atlantic County Workforce Development Board stated that county residents are now eligible to receive complimentary tuition for table game dealer courses. The six-week courses will be hosted at the Atlantic County One-Stop Career Center in Pleasantville, NJ.
This is an incredible chance to learn new skills, receive proper instruction, and obtain a job in just six weeks. And it’s completely free of cost,” said Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson. “These new dealers could be working on casino floors before Memorial Day weekend.”
The county’s Workforce Development Board will cover the cost of the casino dealer school tuition and the $100 licensing fee charged by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. The education grants, the Workforce Development Board explained, come from the
