Baltimorean Sterling Powell laughs as he recalls where he was at just 6 months ago.
Baltimorean Sterling Powell laughs as he recalls where he was at just 6 months ago.
UNEMPLOYED, A VOCATIONALTRAINING PROGRAM IN BALTIMOREIS GOING VIRTUAL TO HELPSTUDENTS DEVELOP SKILLS FORJOBS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL DURINGTHE OUTBREAK.
WMA━2 NEWS ABBYISAACS TELLS US ABOUT THEPROGRAM.LOOKLIV━ YOU CAN LEARN HOW TOREPAIR A CAR, FIX AN HVACSYSTEM, OR DRIVE A COMMERCIALVEHICLE& ALL WHILE FOLLOWINSOCIAL DISTANCING PROTOCOLS.POWEL━ I had no knowledge ofhvac other than the windowunit STERLING POWELL LAUGHSNOW, AT WHERE HE WAS JUST 6MONTHS AGO..
BUT A VOCATIONALTRAINING PROGRAM IN BALTIMOREHELPED CHANGE HIS LIFE POWEL━I went through the process oflearning about the electricalphases from beginning to end,heating and gas which is amajor plus in this industrytoday HE WENT ON TO GET A JOBIN THE HVAC INDUSTRY, THANKSIN PART TO THE NATIONAL CENTERON INSTITUTIONS ANDALTERNATIVES OR NCIA POWEL━It was like a second home THEPROGRAM IS FOR VETERANS,RETURNING CITIZENS AND PEOPLEELIGIBLE FOR SNAP BENEFITS.GETTING THEM CERTIFIED IN THEAUTOMOTIVE, HVAC, OR DRONEINDUSTRIES, AS WELL A LICENSEDCOMMERCIAL DRIVER.
GaryAntonino, CHIEF BUSINESSDEVELOPMENT OFFICER, NCIA━ weare helping change lives GARYANTONINO SAYS ITREASON, THEY DECIDED TO ADAPTTHEIR PROGRMMING TO SERVESTUDENTS FROM A DISTANCEDURING THE COVI━19 OUTBREAK.Each day therethe instructor is on the lineworking with them.
ANTONINOSAYS THEY HAVE ALSO GIVENSTUDENTS CELL PHONES, ACCESSTO DATA AND ARE WORKING TODISTRIBUTE IPADS SO THELEARNING IS INCLUSIVE.
We allknow this pandemic is going toend, we donthis provides that hope thatwe can get them through theirtraining and hopefully thepandemic will be over by thenor winding down and theynow move to gainful employmentBECAUSE HE SAYS RIGHT NOWTHEREFROM TRUCK DRIVERS.
THEIR HVACAND AUTOMOTIVE PARTNERS AREALSO LOOKING TO HIRE, AS THEYARE ESSENTIAL AND CAN STAYOPEN.
POWEL━ The best thingabout it is you have the wipower to succeed you gotta dowhat you gotta do.
So iftheycontinue the course, viaphone, sateliete, tiwht astring and a cup you gotta dowhat you gotta to to besuccessful LOOKLIV━ IF YOUA VETERAN OR RECEIVING SNAPBENEFITS, FULL SCHOLARHIPS AREAVAILABLE.
THE CURRENT COHORTIS IN CLASS FOR ABOUT 12 MOREWEEKS.
WE HAVE MOREINFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO JOINTHE NEXT CLASS ON OUR WEBSITEWMAR 2 NEWS DOT COM.
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