Do community colleges/technical colleges in california offer any certifications aside from A.A. degrees? Can you get a certification in any skilled "manual" trade from these institutions (welding, dental etc.) without being an apprentice? Would a federal loan cover these classes?
Leigh Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jon Baranov wrote: > I could have gone to the department of labor and asked them this in > person, but didn't feel like it: > > How affordable is vocational education for least payed workers? . If you are 'underemployed', meaning chronically low hours of employment, there are federal grants you can get through various agencies. The availability of funding varies widely. It's better to apply at the beginning of the funded agency's fiscal year. . > Can you get federal loans for it? . JTPA *granted* about half of the $6,000 dollars that it cost to get my class 'A' tractor-trailer license. I don't know of any loans for job training unless the training organization arranges it. [Snicker] The SBA sort of does that (loans) for people with fresh MBAs and no real experience in business... . > In its present form in the US, how likely is brief vocational training > (as opposed to apprenticeship) to land these worers into better paying > jobs (say $30,000+/ year)? . Brief Training: I had a truck driving job within a couple of months of graduation, but it wasn't a $30,000 dollar a year driving job. A more competitive person could have done that if they wanted to be away from home for 90 days at a time, or landed one of the few union driving job available in the US ($30k is about entry level for a union cement truck driver). Community Colleges serve as vocational schools with work/study 'apprenticeship', more than they serve as academic institutions, at least in California. An A.A. in anything resembling desired skills for the local job market might land you a $30k job, but for two years you go to school full time, and work full time to pay the rent and eat. That's OK for a 20-something year old, but by the time that worker is ...40..., and stood on his feet 8 hours a day in front of a friggin' engine lathe, or has close to a million miles on their commercial driver's license, two full time life pursuits would probaly leave the worker physically/emotionally/psychologically drained to the point of being a candidate for another federal grant... SSI. . > > Thank You . Your welcome, Leigh --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar.
