{"id":696,"date":"2009-07-21T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carmenelectrode.com\/?p=696"},"modified":"2009-07-21T08:00:48","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T16:00:48","slug":"become-a-welder-no-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2009\/07\/21\/become-a-welder-no-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a Welder &#8211; No Charge!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyday you see dozens of ads on tv advertising a vocational school where you can learn a <em>new skill<\/em>, a <em>new trade<\/em>, and find a <em>new career<\/em> in this poor economy. \u00a0Well, what if those classes- that education- was free? \u00a0That&#8217;s exactly what&#8217;s happening to these soon-t0-be welders in Alabama. \u00a0Their state is giving them training&#8230; for FREE.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Free welding training offered for south Mobile County residents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, July 08, 2009<br \/>\nBy RENA HAVNER PHILIPS<br \/>\nStaff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>After being diagnosed with diabetes, Andy Anderson of Irvington had to give up his nine-year career as a truck driver and look for work closer to home.<\/p>\n<p>He scanned the newspaper&#8217;s classified advertising section, but the economy&#8217;s tough, and few jobs are available.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It seems like the only jobs you see are for a welder or a truck driver,&#8221; said Anderson, whose father was a welder for 35 years. &#8220;Welding interested me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So Anderson became one of 33 people to enroll in new, free maritime welding classes at the Bryant Career-Technical Center on Padgett Switch Road in Irvington.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of south Mobile County residents will get welding training over the next three years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/press-register\/metro.ssf?\/base\/news\/1247044530323330.xml&amp;coll=3\" target=\"_blank\">CONTINUE READING ONLINE -&gt;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyday you see dozens of ads on tv advertising a vocational school where you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-welding-education","category-welding-industry-news","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Become a Welder - No Charge! 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