Tag: Welding | Central Georgia Technical College

Dual Achievement Program at CGTC Helps Monroe County Student Land $50K Welding Job

Posted on March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – While the ink still dries on her diploma from the Dual Achievement Program (DAP) at the Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) Academy, Emily Betsill of Monroe County has landed a job offer unheard of by most teenagers.
Earning above the average Georgia welders’ salary of $15 per hour sounds good for any qualified person out of college, but for the 18-year-old who just received her high school diploma and Welding and Joining certifications in December from CGTC’s Dual Achievement Program, Read More

^{March 22, 2024}

Registration is Live for Summer and Fall Semesters, Traditional Students Encouraged to Explore Accelerated Training at Georgia VECTR Center

Posted on May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – As Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) gears up for enrollment for upcoming semesters in 2023, the message of leadership at the Georgia Veterans Education Career Transition Resource (VECTR) Center is that there is room for traditional students as well.
“We are looking to fill seats with anyone who is serious about earning a great wage in a high-demand career field,” said U. S. Air Force Col. Don Layne, chief operating officer for the Georgia VECTR Center in Warner Robins at 1001 Armed Forces Boulevard. Read More

^{May 10, 2023}

Ahead of Leaving Service, Female Welding Students at VECTR Center Share One-of-a-Kind Experience

Posted on March 11, 2021 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – Female welding students past and present, civilian, active duty, or a veteran at any Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) campus or those who take fast-tracked courses with the Georgia Veterans Education Career Transition Resource (VECTR) Center know all too well that their gender’s position in the career is rare.
They don’t have to look very far beyond the welding helmet to know the program and career are male-dominated.
And while the VECTR Center doesn’t go out of its way to feminize traditionally male-dominated programs, Read More

^{March 11, 2021}

CGTC Offering Evening Adult Welding Courses Inside Baldwin High School

Posted on July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Milledgeville, Ga. – When the semester begins on August 13 at Central Georgia Technical College’s (CGTC) Milledgeville campus, welding students will not be on campus. That is because Baldwin County High School is providing welding lab space for the College to offer evening Welding courses for credit.
“We are excited to bring our Welding program to Baldwin County for the community,” said Dana Davis, vice president for Satellite Operations at CGTC. “Currently, we teach Welding at Baldwin High School through dual enrollment and have seen success in partnering with the high school. Read More

^{July 2, 2019}

Female Dual Enrollment Student in Putnam County Wins a Very Non-traditional Beta Club Competition

Posted on February 18, 2019 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Eatonton, Ga. – Putnam County High School (PCHS) dual enrollment student, Annabell Sapp, put new-fashioned welding skills to the test for the 80th Annual Senior Beta Convention held in January for Georgia’s high school Beta clubs, winning 1st place in a competition for a technical subject largely dominated by her male counterparts.
Sapp assembled metal roses for her submission to the Sculpture Division 1 competition, a skill learned in her Welding Studies course at Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC). Read More

^{February 18, 2019}

An Unusual Alumnus Finds Enhanced Opportunity upon Return to CGTC

Posted on January 4, 2019 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – It is not every day that a former prisoner comes knocking on doors around campus looking for an opportunity, but that is what Larry Jackson, Central Georgia Technical College’s (CGTC) 2019 Georgia Occupational Award for Leadership (GOAL) alternate, did when he was looking for ways to earn a living.
“The difficult part was convincing people to give me a chance,” Jackson said. “People would say, ‘Well, you just got out.’” “They wanted me to have time and experience, Read More

^{January 4, 2019}

Notes from Walker State Prison: Two Re-entry Program Students Send their Appreciation to Governor Deal

Posted on December 27, 2018 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – Students at Walker State Prison in the Welding program of Central Georgia Technical College’s (CGTC) Office of Re-entry Services recently sent Gov. Nathan Deal and first lady Sandra Deal handcrafted gifts. The items are a token of appreciation to the couple for their commitment to the state’s prison reform, as the two students discussed in reflection notes shared with the College.
Gov. Deal’s tenure included early and sustained efforts to combat recidivism through criminal justice reform allowing inmates at Walker State Prison, Read More

^{December 27, 2018}

Women in Non-Traditional Career Path Programs at CGTC Confidently Shape Their Futures

Posted on May 31, 2018June 1, 2018 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – The tools to success for an increasing number of women at Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) are changing; a group of women enrolled in non-traditional career paths are encouraging their gender to put down its stethoscopes and stationery and exchange them for torches and razors.

As a part of Aerospace, Trade and Industry programs including, Welding and Joining Technology, Barbering, and Aircraft Structural Technology, three women from different ages and backgrounds are forming a collective that is discovering new talents and exercising them in career path programs not usually pursued by their gender. Read More

^{May 31, 2018}

CGTC Dual Enrollment Students Compete in Area Skills Competition

Posted on November 9, 2017November 9, 2017 by JoBen Rivera-Thompson

Warner Robins, Ga. – Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) Dual Enrollment students from area high schools competed in the second annual Skills Challenge in early November, helping to promote construction trades and bring recognition to their acquisition of trade skills.
The Central Georgia and Southern Crescent Workforce Development Alliances’ second annual Skills Challenge took place at the Kiwanis Fairgrounds in Griffin, Ga. Several hundred students from more than a dozen high schools competed, including many from dual enrollment programs in Baldwin, Read More

^{November 9, 2017}