UAW / FORD MOTOR COMPANY APPRENTICE
LCCC’s long-standing partnership with UAW/ Ford Motor Company has given nearly 1,000 local workers opportunities to learn new skills and advance their careers Rhonda Williams had worked on the assembly line at Ford Motor Company for 25 years when an opportunity came along that she couldn’t turn down. Williams had earned a spot in the United Auto Workers (UAW)/Ford Motor Company Joint Apprenticeship program. She took it without hesitation. “I knew this was an opportunity of a lifetime for me,” she says. “Joining the apprenticeship program made official what I had been striving for all along – remaining employed at Ford while being afforded the opportunity to continuously learn.”
RHONDA WILLIAMS
Joining the apprenticeship program made official what I had been striving for all along – remaining employed at Ford while being afforded the opportunity to continuously learn.”
That learning opportunity takes place at Lorain County Community College, which has partnered with Ford to offer the apprenticeship program for over 20 years. Wanda Arroyo, UAW/Ford Local Joint Apprentice Representative, estimates that in that time nearly 1,000 Ford employees have trained at LCCC, learning a variety of trades including electrical, pipefitter, millwright, welding, toolmaker and industrial truck mechanic.
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