San Diego Electrical Training Center’s new coordinator has launched a new, accelerated training program for Sound Technicians called “FAST-START”.
Ten of the highest scoring applicants took to the classroom this past Monday to embark on their Sound and Communications careers. These individuals went through a vigorous interviewing process that also required qualifying scores on rigorous math and reading comprehension exams.
This culturally diverse and disciplined (40% former military) group has one common theme, “Work hard, do an honest day’s work, make the contractor, local, and society proud of them while providing for their families”.
The FAST-START game plan is designed to frontload the training of an apprentice. This makes the apprentice a much safer, efficient, more independent, and valuable worker. The contractors can then make more profit and the local gets a valuable and dedicated member.
The five-week, eight-hours-per-day training program includes physical exercise, material handling, IBEW motivational videos, construction classes (tool use, material identification, and hardware installation), structured cabling class (voice/data), fiber optics class, OSHA ten-hour safety certification, first aid/CPR/AED, basic electrical code, introductory fire alarms and basic electrical theory.
We are asking you to do your part. Support the team! Take a Sound Technician apprentice!
(FAST-START apprentices will be available when classes end on Oct. 22nd)
Come on down and watch our classes at the training center or just cheer us on!
Sincerely,
Timothy Moylan
Sound & Communication Coordinator
