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Building Influence After being encouraged to attend the school by his godfather, Marine Design Craft Instructor Bruce White (Class of 1997) suggested the school to his son Sheet Metal Apprentice Marcus White. “My godfather Bobby Maxwell, who was a
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general foreman at the shipyard, referred me to the school. He believed the program was a stellar opportunity for a veteran of the armed forces and held a bright future for the right candidate,” reflects Bruce. Marcus was born during the first year of his father’s apprenticeship and recognized the value of the program as he watched his father complete school work, participate in school functions and graduate with honors. When Marcus began to plan his goals beyond high school, he was encouraged by Bruce to consider the school, “My father played a huge role in my decision to attend the school; he made it clear that The Apprentice School was one of the best options.”
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Building EXPERIENCE While a father and son have an apprenticeship in common, there is no guarantee their shipyard experiences will be the same. Pipefitter Craft Instructor Wayne Lucas (Class of 1981) chose The Apprentice School “to learn a trade, play
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baseball and earn a living.” Throughout his apprenticeship, Wayne managed school two partial days each week, played baseball and worked in various shops and on ships, an experience quite different from that of his son Patternmaker Apprentice Kenneth Lucas. Kenneth, who attends school two full days per week and works in the shipyard’s Pattern Shop, says, “One difference between my dad’s apprenticeship and mine is that I will probably not have a rotation on a carrier or submarine. The type of work I
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