Up to 90 local employees will have access to free supervisory skills training over the next two years, thanks to a $142,000 grant Northern Essex Community College received from the Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund. Eligible Massachusetts companies must have fewer than 100 employees and agree to pay employees while they are in training. Information sessions are Friday, Nov. 15, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and Friday, Dec. 6, from 8 to 9:30 a.m., with locations to be provided by contacting Kathy Ronaldson at 978-556-3066 or [email protected]. The college will offer two courses: Effective Supervisory Skills, a 40-hour, 10-week course, and Advance Leadership Topics, a 30-hour, 10-week course. Students are being recruited for the first session of Effective Supervisory Skills, which will run Thursdays, Jan. 9 through March 12, 2020, in a choice of morning or afternoon sessions. Effective Supervisory Skills will be offered six times, between Jan. 9, 2020 and Jan. 14, 2021, and Advanced Leadership Topics will be offered three times, with the first session beginning April 8, 2020.