Grant Funds Allow Technicians to Attend Refresher Course

Published 03.12.2015

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Workforce Development

    WDCE's Thomas W. Fry discusses motor and motor controls during Wednesday afternoon's Refresh Tech session.Employees of area businesses fill a classroom in the Center for Business & Workforce Development, thanks to training scholarships.Forty employees from 18 regional companies are attending a weeklong Refresh Tech class, an interactive review of selected topics designed for multidisciplined maintenance technicians and offered by Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College. Divided into two sessions of 20 students each, the class was quickly filled due to $500-per-person scholarships from a Central PA Works grant administered by the nine-county Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corp. The course – taught by Thomas W. Fry, industrial technology specialist – began with electrical basics and discussed a number of other essential concepts before moving to a consideration of newer applications from a troubleshooter's perspective.

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