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Up Close - Aerospace - June 21, 2012
Apprenticeships for aerospace
State-funded body aims to pass advanced manufacturing skills to next generation

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

Apprentice Jeremy Slack demonstrates milling equipment in Spokane Community College's lab. He works at Multifab Inc.
Apprentice Jeremy Slack demonstrates milling equipment in Spokane Community College's lab. He works at Multifab Inc.
—Staff photo by Mike McLean
A Washington state training initiative that aims to sustain and enhance aerospace manufacturing skills has launched an apprenticeship program here, which it plans to expand, says the Spokane Valley-based Eastern Washington program coordinator.

The Aerospace Training Initiative, led by the Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee, combines on-the-job training with supplemental instruction to pass along advanced manufacturing skills, which are said to be at risk of being lost as the...


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