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The Compass Project has announced a new satellite boat-building program at the Maine Advanced Technology Center in Brunswick for high school students in the Youth Apprentice Program. The goal of the satellite program is to teach at-risk youth the latest composite technology being used in the boat building industry. The job skills training program is a collaboration between the Compass Project, Jobs for Maine Graduates, and the Maine Advanced Technology Center, which is a new Southern Maine Community College campus in Brunswick. Recent advances in composite technology have created a need to train workers in the boat-building industry and in other industrial applications in the automotive and energy sectors, such as wind technology. Clint Chase, Program Manager of the Compass Projects says, “When students see the real thing on field trips to Hodgdon Yachts and other local boat yards, it opens their eyes to what they can do with their new skills and knowledge.” Students from Morse H.S. in Bath will start the 16-week Correction: In our previous year end newsletter, the zip code was incorrect. The correct zip code is 04101. For further information contact:Patricia Ryan, Executive Director THE COMPASS PROJECT, INC. 170 Anderson Street, Portland, ME 04101, phone 207-774-0682 or look at website www.compassproject.org |
