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Jeb Dickerson, director of apprenticeships and work based learning, speaks during a celebration for students completing the Apprenticeship Readiness class on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at Mountwest Community & Technical College in Huntington.

Mountwest Community & Technical College celebrated the completion of its first apprenticeship readiness program this week as it graduated its first cohort of students. Additional sessions of the course are planned for later this year in Mason and Wayne counties.

ƵThe apprenticeship readiness program was something that the local labor unions came to us about,Ƶ Jeb Dickerson, director of apprenticeships and work-based learning at MCTC, told The Herald-Dispatch reporter Katelyn Aluise. The unions found applicants were lacking in the math and reading skills required by the construction industry, he said. Applicants also were having trouble with the OSHA 30 test, which is intended for supervisors or for workers with some safety responsibility beyond those expected of entry-level applicants.

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