Students have a recipe for true guts!

There are several final results that determine the success of Wind River Job Corps. It’s a good day when a student graduates and gets a job in his or her specialty. A student’s pre-training at another center or going on to university is also a path to success.

However, students who pursue this particular path to success are truly ambitious as their professional skills, physical prowess, mental resources and leadership qualities are all put to the test. Perhaps that is why they are called “minorities”. That career path is in the military, and for Job Corp Student of the Week Christian Lucero Montana, that means a career in the United States Marine Corps.

Christian moved from Apache Junction, Arizona to the Job Corps campus in Riverton four months ago. He soon began training as a lorry driver. The training will help Christian obtain a commercial driver’s license, allowing him to drive large tractor-trailer rigs on roads across the country and anywhere the Marine Corps wants to send him.

“Christian works hard, but you hardly know when he’s off,” says center director Dr. Christine Benson. “He combines this with a sociable personality and an appreciation for the efforts of others. These traits are the secret to true guts.”

Ultimately, using his experience in Marine Corps and transportation, Christian hopes to pursue a career in quality control management. He is a student with a vision for the future.

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wind river job corps It accommodates up to 300 students who are based on campus and live out of residence, generally from Rocky Mountain states. The center offers him over 16 career his tracks through her eight vocational programs, including pre-apprenticeship opportunities. These programs were determined and developed based on current high-performing job market trends in the region. Vocational training also includes employability skills and community involvement. Wind River Job Corps is the newest of 124 Job Corps centers nationwide, opening in 2015. It is operated by the Department of Labor’s Alternate Perspectives, Inc. and is located at 4200 Airport Rd in Riverton, Wyoming.

job corp is a program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor. The program helps income-eligible young people between the ages of 16 and 24 complete their high school education, train them for meaningful careers, and help them find employment. Since his 1964 Job Corps has trained and educated over 2 million individuals. It is the largest national residential career training program in the country and has been in operation for over 50 years.

Job Corps allows students access to room and board while learning skills in a specific training area for up to three years. Job Corps not only help students complete their education, acquire career-related technical skills, and find employment, but also provide transition assistance services such as providing employment, housing, childcare, and transportation. Job Corps graduates work in the labor force or apprenticeships, pursue higher education, or join the military.

APIs Alternate Perspectives Incorporated (API) is a small, certified women-owned business headquartered just outside the capital. API’s mission is to inspire new ways of thinking and new ways of doing things to help individuals and organizations achieve their goals and realize their dreams. API staff have extensive Job Corps experience in almost every aspect of the Job Corps program. The API operating model begins with building a “positive normative culture” at each center defined by four norms: respect for self, respect for others, respect for community, and striving for excellence. . Wind River Job Corps Center students and staff are expected to adopt and embrace these codes to learn, grow and strive for continuous improvement. In addition to Wind River Job Corps, API operates the Westover Job Corps Center and the Shriver Job Corps Center in Massachusetts.