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Herb Klassen, principal at Central Huron Secondary School, stands in the freshly -painted and
refurbished room that will be home to the newly -introduced Manufacturing Techniques
Certificate program this fall.
Manufacturing certificate
available this October
at Central Huron Secondary
By Cheryl Hearth..
Clinton News -Record Editor
Start spreading the news.
That is what Herb Klassen, principal at
Central Huron Secondary School, wants to
do in order to ensure area residents arc
aware that a Manufacturing Techniques
Certificate program will be available this
October thanks to a partnership between
the Avon -Maitland District School Board.
Fanshawe College and the Huron
Manufacturing Association.
The program, which will initially
accommodate 15 students, will give those
interested in a manufacturing career the
chance to keep their job while attending
school at night.
Ideally, says Klassen, five of the
available spots will be filled by those who
are currently unemployed.
The program is also suited to those
seeking to develop or enhance skills.
The idea for the program was borne two
years ago when Barry Wagner,
superintendent with the school hoard and
the former principal of a London school
with a similar program, approached
interested parties about the feasibility of
such a program.
A Huron Manufacturing Association's
study later revealed there was a definitive
need for a training program in the region.
Once the partnership was formed,
planning for the certification program,
which is the sole one of its kind in the
region, was under way.
In its current form, the program is
designed to teach students the skills
necessary to work in shop-floor
production, technical offices and in -field
maintenance.
Program graduates may also choose to
pursue an apprenticeship or to further their
education with a specialized diploma in the
manufacturing trades.
In time. says Klassen, the goal is to build
up a Kase of both basic and academic
courses to offer students. including the
possibility of tool and die programs.
The Ontario Youth Apprenticelhip
Program. which already has a presence at
CHSS. will he expanded and. eventually,
allow students to begin their first year of
apprenticeship while in Grade 12.
Klassen says the program is a Noon to the
curriculum since it allows area residents to
attend school in their home community
rather than having to travel w London or
Toronto for training.
To complement the program. the Avon -
Maitland District School Board will also he
offering a secondary school-based
manufacturing techniques course in
January.
The idea behind it, says Klassen. is to
give secondary school students the
opportunity to learn the fundamentals of
the manufacturing sector.
He adds that the expansive, freshly
painted room to he used for the program is
already furbished with the necessary
equipment, including milling machines and
lathes.
1t was formerly home to the old tech
program and. most recently. the Learning
Resources Centre, which has since
relocated to the second floor of CUSS.
The 30 -week, two -semester
Manufacturing techniques Certificate
program, which runs from 3 p.m. till 8
p.m.. five days per week. begins in October
and runs till May.
Tuition is $2,600 and necessary hooks,
tools and safety equipment cost about
$1,000.
Financial assistance may he available to
those who qualify through NERC.
Store owners blame pros
for downtown break-ins
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and the office ransacked with a little bit of
money taken.
But store owner Jim Sills said the problem
is not just in Seaforth.
"If you read the paper everyday it's going
on. I think it's, in a lot of cases, professionals
and this is a full-time job," said Sills.
Despite these problems, OPP Const. Dave
Gillan explained these problems seem to he
in decline.
Gillan said that calls from Seaforth and
Egmondville in response to theft under
$5,000, mischief and trouble with youth
numbered 145 in 2002, 144 in 2003 and 47
this year.
"I would have to say based on those
numbers it's (the number of calls is) certainly
not up," said Gillan.
Business Improvement Area co-chair Liz
Cardno said their organization has not heard
concern from their members about vandalism
and theft.
In her 11 years of running Cardno's Men's
Wear she has been robbed twicc and said it's
not local people committing the crime.
...Most of the people who come into town
and do this are pros. They're in and out in so
many seconds," said Cardno.
Shc said that Seaforth is not as this bad this
year and the flower boxes on Main Street
have not even been touched.
Gillan said it's the community's
responsibility to help stop the spread of
problems.
"It boils down to responsibility of the
community and how connected it is with the
kids, students and anyone else connected
with the problems," said Gillan.
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