TELL CITY, IN – On Dec. 16, the first three students in the newly formed U.S. Department of Labor’s Apprenticeship Program with Commonwealth Rolled Products in Lewisport, KY, graduated with an interdisciplinary technical certificate from Ivy Tech Community College. The program included a mix of courses, selected by the employer, to give the students the skills the employer wanted them to have.
Graduates include: Brian McBride, Chris Meadows, and Mike Owens, all employees at Commonwealth Rolled Products.
Commonwealth Rolled Products and Ivy Tech were able to develop this program through grant funding provided by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Apprenticeship Building America program…