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STUDENTS INTRODUCED TO CAREERS IN CONNECTICUT’S HIGH-DEMAND INDUSTRIES
Businesspeople from across the state to offer workshops and discuss job opportunities
Pathways to Technology Careers Workshop
Fri., April 3, 2009
8:15 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Naugatuck Valley Community College
750 Chase Parkway
Waterbury
The Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA), the Waterbury Public Schools and the Connecticut Community College’s College of Technology Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing are hosting a Pathways to Technology Careers workshop to introduce Waterbury-area students to a number of high-demand careers in Connecticut.
Businesspeople from across the state will offer workshops and discuss the skills required to fill jobs in the engineering, environmental science, bioscience, energy and manufacturing industries. Students will also get a tour of the new technology center at Naugatuck Valley Community College.
More than 150 students from Kaynor Tech, Crosby, Kennedy and Wilby high schools will participate in the workshop.
Businesses participating in the event include:
Albert Bros. Inc., Waterbury
Boehringer Ingelheim, Ridgefield
ebm-papst Inc., Farmington
FuelCell Energy, Danbury
GeoDesign Inc., Middlebury
Genomas Inc., Hartford
Hamilton Sundstrand, Windsor Locks
HRP Associates Inc., Farmington
Hubbard-Hall, Waterbury
Kleinfelder Inc., Windsor
Northeast Utilities, Berlin
Schwerdtle Stamp Co., Bridgeport
Trumpf Inc., Farmington
CBIA is the state’s largest business organization, with 10,000 members.
Media wishing to attend the event should contact Nancy Andrews, CBIA media relations manager, at 860-244-1957 or andrewsn@cbia.com.
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