HUNTINGTON — Navy sailors aboard the USS Tulsa now have access to 3D printing technology and the know-how to use it, thanks in part to the Robert C. Byrd Institute
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Morgan Smith, on screen, design engineer for the Robert C. Byrd Institute in Huntington, delivers virtual training to sailors aboard the USS Tulsa in San Diego. The Navy will utilize 3D printing technology to produce components aboard the ship during deployment in the Pacific.
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Machinist apprentice Priscilla Grimes operates a lathe in the Mechanical Division of the Green Bank Observatory. Grimes is participating in an apprenticeship program developed by the Robert C. Byrd Institute at Marshall University to assist the Observatory to passing on the skills of experienced employees to a new generation of workers.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Worker shortage leads Newton industries to apprenticeship program Georgia Piedmont students commit to three-year mix of classroom, on-the-job training Georgia Piedmont Technical College students pose with college leaders after the students signed commitments to participate in a program mixing classroom instruction with on-the-job training Monday, Dec. 14, in Covington. - photo by Special Photo
COVINGTON, Ga. A shortage of workers in advanced manufacturing jobs across the region led industries in Newton and two other counties to sign agreements with Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) and 10 student apprentices Dec. 14 on three-year commitments for technical classroom instruction and on-the-job training.