MVCTC Partners with Select Industries to offer Students Apprenticeship Opportunities
Englewood, Ohio – The Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) Apprenticeship program continues to expand. Each year more area business partners are seeing the advantage of hiring a MVCTC student as an apprentice. For the 2015-2016 over 55 students are currently placed in Apprenticeship positions all over the Miami Valley.
The MVCTC Apprenticeship program allows students to work and earn a paycheck while learning skills and earning the certifications employers want. In most cases, an Apprenticeship student will work two weeks on a job related to their career program and then spend two weeks at school. They are responsible for keeping up on all of their academic classwork at all times. MVCTC provides students with a laptop and online resources to ensure students do not fall behind on their classwork. The work completed for the employer on the Apprenticeship counts towards the student’s career technical program grade. This is an excellent opportunity for students to gain real-life work experience and oftentimes leads to full-time employment.
Select Industries Corporation in Dayton has been a valuable partner working with MVCTC to place eight students in the past several years. In 1970, Bob Whited, born and raised in the City of Dayton, started Select Tool & Die Corp. in a 5,000 Sq. Ft. space under a bar at the corner of Woodman and Patterson Rd. By November of 1972 they had outgrown their facility and relocated to 1222 E. Third Street. After a devastating fire at the original location, the City of Dayton stepped in to help the company relocate to their current location at 60 Heid Avenue in North Dayton.
Select Industries has grown to become a world-class metal forming manufacturer supplying stampings and welded sub-assemblies to many diversified industries. Select's engineering, design and tooling capabilities allow the company to work with organizations from concept through production. With forty-five years of experience, Select provides quality components and assemblies meeting the requirements of many industry's largest manufacturers. Founded on the value of customer satisfaction, confidence, and credibility, Select Industries, centrally located at the crossroads of America, has an international reputation for quality workmanship. Today this unique foundation is stronger than ever primarily serving the automotive industry.
Tom Hebb, Sensor Applications Manager for Select Industries, hires the Apprenticeship students and works closely with the students to ensure they are successful in their Apprenticeship. Tom shared, “We currently have six Apprenticeship students working in tooling and one working in welding. I am in the process of interviewing 6 more MVCTC students. All the students we have at this time are: repairing dies, grinding, troubleshooting, milling, drilling, making jigs, fixtures, spare details and assembling dies for GM, Tesla, Ford, and Honda. Welding student, Olivia is welding dashboard components for Tesla sports cars. All the students pitch in on keeping the shop clean and safe. MVCTC is supplying us with great students.”
For over 40-years, MVCTC has been providing career technical education for 27 partner school districts encompassing five counties in Southwest Ohio. MVCTC is dedicated to providing in-demand workforce training for youth, adults, and organizations in the Miami Valley.
For more information about MVCTC, please visit www.mvctc.com. For more information about Select Industries, please visit www.select.org.
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Photo1 - MVCTC senior, Olivia Fordyce (Trotwood) is enrolled in the Welding program. She is currently working as an Apprentice for Select Industries in Dayton.
Photo 2 – Colten Delehanty, MVCTC Precision Machining Graduate Class of 2015 from Valley View, has been working at Select Industries since 2014 when he started the Apprenticeship Program. He has been hired on full-time and is working towards his Journeyman’s License.
Photo 3 - Logan South, Precision Machining senior from Twin Valley South, is working at Select Industries in Dayton as part of the MVCTC Apprenticeship Program.
Photo 4 – Loc Nguyen, MVCTC Precision Machining Graduate Class of 2015 from Wayne, has been working at Select Industries since 2014 when he started the Apprenticeship Program. He has been hired on full-time and is working towards his Journeyman’s License.
Photo 5 – Kristopher Tilton, MVCTC Precision Machining Graduate Class of 2015 from Wayne, has been working at Select Industries since 2014 when he started the Apprenticeship Program. He has been hired on full-time and is working towards his Journeyman’s License.
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