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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2018 Learning the ropes of seamanship at Tongue Point A unique part of Job Corps By JULE GILFILLAN Oregon Public Broadcasting Securing a vessel to a dock is hard, physical work. But Nadiyah Taylor handles every- thing without hesitation — from the cold drizzle coating the ship’s deck to her trainer’s insistent instructions: “Take in more slack. Don’t take it all the way off the cleat, just give it one half-turn.” We met Taylor in Septem- ber of 2016 aboard the training vessel Ironwood, a World War II-era buoy tender used in the Tongue Point Job Corps sea- manship program. She’d been in the Astoria-based course for about seven months at the time. “It’s hard because I’ve never been this far away from home,” the Virginia native said. “But since everybody knows I’m trying to accom- plish something great here, it gets easier.” Taylor is one of 120 mer- chant mariner students hop- ing her hard work in Oregon’s dampest corner will pay off in a better future. The Job Corps was started in 1964 under the administra- tion of President Lyndon John- son as a central part of his “War on Poverty.” It was designed to be a safe, residential job-train- ing program modeled after the Depression-era Civilian Con- servation Corps to train peo- ple between the ages of 16 and 24 for work in a variety of industries, all at no cost to the student. Jule Gilfillan/Oregon Public Broadcasting Seamanship cadet Nadiyah Taylor on her graduation day. When we caught up with her again in December 2017, Taylor was ready to head back to Virginia with her newly minted “AB” (Able Seaman) and “QMED” (Qualified Mem- ber of the Engine Department) credentials in-hand. “It gets you ready for the real world,” Taylor said of the program. Actually, Taylor has been dealing with the “real world” since long before she joined Job Corps. In 2005, Taylor’s 17-year- old brother Demario Joyner was shot and killed by police outside a Virginia Beach club where Taylor and her friends were attending a teen event. She was 12 years old. By the time Taylor was 18, she was the mother of two young daugh- ters and at 23, she was work- ing three jobs to earn enough to raise them. At 24, Taylor became the seamanship program’s first African-American woman to graduate with both her AB and QMED credentials. On gradu- ation day, she reflected on her brother Demario. “He’d be excited. I’m kind of living his dream, you know,” she said, recalling how her brother was planning to become a marine seaman before he was killed. “It’s like he’s here.” “The young men and women that come here, they don’t have a lot of opportuni- ties,” says Len Tumbarello, a retired Coast Guard captain and director of the seamanship program. “They’ve had some tough things happen in their life. They need some financial help and knowing that they get three meals, a roof over their head, training, a place to go Mon- day through Sunday is a good thing.” More than half of seaman- ship students come from under- served communities and are economically challenged. Stu- dents can earn their high school diplomas or GEDs while in the program. Some also go on to the Marine and Environmental Research and Training Center program at Clatsop Commu- nity College for advanced mar- itime courses, Tumbarello said. “On average, our students have the opportunity to make $50,000 to $70,000 a year — right out of the gate — entry level.” According to Tumbarello, about 95 percent of seaman- ship students complete the rig- orous 18- to 24-month course to earn the Merchant Mariners credentials, and 92 percent of those land a job within six months of graduation. Since the maritime industry is the single-largest importer and exporter of goods in the U.S. by weight, Tumbarello is bullish on the industry’s ability to supply good jobs long into the future. Two months after graduat- ing, Nadiyah Taylor landed a six-weeks-on, three-weeks-off job as a deckhand working on a cruise vessel plying the Mis- sissippi River system. Four months after starting that job, she was promoted to bosun, a supervisory position where she oversees a crew of six. Taylor credits the skills she developed being away from home in Job Corps for earning that promotion. “I learned how to han- dle people from various back- grounds and a lot of different situations that arise,” she said. Taylor is now studying for her mate’s license. If she passes, the credential will open the door for another promotion and more money. “My goal was to get one job where I could take care of my kids financially and have time off to be with them. It’s a great start and I make more money than a lot of other peo- ple I went to school with,” she confides with a laugh. Now almost one year after graduation, Taylor’s job has given her the steadiness and security to dream. “I’d like to have my own 24-hour day care busi- ness someday,” says the sin- gle mom. “I love kids. But for now, as long as I keep my cre- dentials up to date, there will always be work.” November 10 Saturday 4:30 pm Your friends and neighbors are supporting Pam Wev. Join them and move Clatsop County forward. 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