Richard Tenpenny, 41, a production technician in the plant's body shop, stood on the curb with his 15-year-old son, Eric, a high school freshman.
She said the college, which will hold the training at the Broome-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services in Binghamton, is considering training for other specialties like production technician, welder and truck driver.
After 15 years as a production technician for the English National Ballet, he opened his street food burger van, MeatWagon, in 2009, keen to take his life in a brand new direction.
In the end, Parsable's success will come from turning workers like Gary Reinhart, a production technician with 10 years on the job at Corteva's corn-production facility in Algona, Iowa, into tech evangelists.
One point that needs some clarity for government officials - and for prospective apprentices - is the touting of entry level training, like the Certified Production Technician (CPT) Program as a Nationally Recognized Credential.
Joshua Harris, 19, a former production technician at the plant, said there were not many jobs around and former workers were hoping for government support to get Thamesteel open again.
I hope they can stand up and apologize to us," said Jia Jingchuan, a 27-year-old production technician for Wintek who said he fell ill from the hexyl hydride, which workers said was used to clean iPhone touch screens.
In July 2010, he responded to a Craigslist ad for a temp-to-hire job as a pharmaceutical production technician that would have paid him more than twice what he was currently making.
For example, at Cummins Inc., a global power leader in Indiana that designs, manufactures, sells and services diesel engines and related technology around the world, Ivy Tech has placed over 200 apprentices in various programs while at the same time preparing them in the classroom to receive The Manufacturing Skill Standards Council's Certified Production Technician certification.
