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June 2009 Vol. 12 No. 6

Pre-Apprenticeship launched and landed

Our training program has recently taken another historic—and successful—journey. On May 14, we graduated 72 students from our first series of nine-week, pre-apprenticeship classes held at the four training centers.

The classes served the purpose for which they were intended. The bootcamp-style training put the students through their paces—both mentally and physically—and weeded out the handful who, for a variety of reasons, couldn’t meet the challenge.

All 72 have now been indentured and are ready to start their regular apprentice classes. If one of these folks shows up on your job site, please help them get off to a good start. They’ve had a good introductory exposure to the field, and deserve some confidence-building experiences since they’ve already earned some stripes.

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Fairfield Training Center
Front row, l to r: Manuel Habib, Chris Lambrecht, Darwin Flores, Cynthia Cardenas, Hilarion Recella, Armando Mata; Middle row, l to r: Edgar Hernandez, Juan Garcia, Joshua Ewing, Otis Cooper Jr., Jose Vasquez, James Valenzuela, Nicholas George; Back row, l to r: Rick Miller, Pre-Apprenticeship Instructor, Shane Thissell, Andriy Goncharenko, Thomas Roehrick, Juliet Burns, Wayne Walker, Steve Laney, Stanislav Belikov.

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Fresno Training Center
Front row, l to r: David Alegre, Willie Venson Jr., Rene Salazar, Gabier G. Soto, Javier Estrada; Back row, l to r: David Ingram, District Coordinator Fresno Training Center, Paula Resa, Pre-Apprenticeship Program Manager, Cornelius White, Carlos Alcantar, Juan Meza, Raymond Sandoval, Pre-Apprenticeship Instructor, Joey Gasca, Luis Pulido Jr., Luis Lomeli, Luis Jimenez, William Reeves, Local 701 Field Representative

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Morgan Hill Training Center (DO5)
Front row, l to r: Tommie Hayes, Billy Grow; Middle row, l to r: Miguel Tirado, Teresa Santana, Miguel Bravo, Maria Osorio, Lynn Bryant, Pre-Apprenticeship Instructor, Alfonso Martinez, Sylvester Magdaleno, Francisco Arias; Back row, l to r: Clemente Robles, Curt Allmon, Eduardo Murillo, Rey Sereno, Daniel Puentes, Denis Marquez, Daniel Watson, Mike Presencion, Ryan Draegar.

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Pleasanton Training Center
Front row, l to r: Kevin Drost, Richard Duran, Gregory Bocage, Jesus Navarro, Lover McGilberry; Middle row, l to r: Luis Gonzalez Jr., Carlo Jovel, Matthew Beal, Jason Kendall, Michael Silk, Dewayne Marshall, Jason Stevens, Nicholas Musgrove, Oscar Tarango, Pre-Apprenticeship Instructor; Back row, l to r: Oscar Rodriguez, Misael Pinacho, Eugenio Naranjo, Jason Fadlan, Santos Hernandez, Reed Parker, John Correa, Benjamin Worf.

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