GE Aerospace has announced a $200,000 donation in new equipment to Stafford Technical School in Rutland. The new machinery includes a pick and place machine, used for repetitive tasks and a coordinated measuring machine to check part dimensions.”We’re excited to give our students a new learning opportunity,” Melissa Connor Stafford Technical Center. Dan Shelley, Site Manager of GE Aerospace Rutland said the new equipment will help train students in specialized skill sets. “Those machines, my understanding from the team will touch almost 100 students a year annually and give them the skills and the technical skills to continue to build upon that their repertoire as well,” he said. Prior to the announcement, Senator Peter Welch (D) and Rutland Mike Doenges met with students studying welding and engineering. Sen. Welch said the group has a bright future and will be an essential part of the workforce in Vermont. “They’re bright, they’re determined. They want to make a contribution. They get the skills. They can get jobs that are going to really be able to give them a good living and be able to support a family,” he said.Mayor Doenges, who graduated from Stafford, hopes the investment in tech will help keep the next generation of the workforce in Rutland. “There is a lot of need, need, need, need in our workforce right now for skilled and technically trained individuals to come and put those skills to work,” He said.GE is also celebrating the 50th anniversary of its apprenticeship program, of which many current students are part.
GE Aerospace has announced a $200,000 donation in new equipment to Stafford Technical School in Rutland. The new machinery includes a pick and place machine, used for repetitive tasks and a coordinated measuring machine to check part dimensions.
“We’re excited to give our students a new learning opportunity,” Melissa Connor Stafford Technical Center.
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Dan Shelley, Site Manager of GE Aerospace Rutland said the new equipment will help train students in specialized skill sets.
“Those machines, my understanding from the team will touch almost 100 students a year annually and give them the skills and the technical skills to continue to build upon that their repertoire as well,” he said.
Prior to the announcement, Senator Peter Welch (D) and Rutland Mike Doenges met with students studying welding and engineering. Sen. Welch said the group has a bright future and will be an essential part of the workforce in Vermont.
“They’re bright, they’re determined. They want to make a contribution. They get the skills. They can get jobs that are going to really be able to give them a good living and be able to support a family,” he said.
Mayor Doenges, who graduated from Stafford, hopes the investment in tech will help keep the next generation of the workforce in Rutland.
“There is a lot of need, need, need, need in our workforce right now for skilled and technically trained individuals to come and put those skills to work,” He said.
GE is also celebrating the 50th anniversary of its apprenticeship program, of which many current students are part.
