T he P ortland O bserver • J une 2, 1993
P age C5
Training Women In Building Trades
Women-Find Higher
Paying Jobs In Industry
niar riage, and 1 found m yse lf th in k in g
about w hat 1 was going to do fo r a
liv in g ” Though she h a d n 't had a job
in 26 years she -thought the tra in in g
piogram w ould help her acquire skills
Now Recruiting For 1993 Fall Term
to be a residential construction con
tractor and thus make use o f experi
ence already gained w h ile h e lping to
b u ild and renovate houses w ith her
Regional Workforce Center
B-F1T: A two-term certificate program
which gives female students a unique hands-
on experience in many o f the basic skills
required to enter an apprenticeship training
program or other skilled non-traditional
jobs in industry. Program focuses on the
construction and electrical and mechanical
trades
You will receive two terms o f skills training
on PCC’s Rock Creek campus in the fol
lowing areas.
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Trades Basic Skills
Construction Basic Skills
Electrical/Mechanical Basic Skills
Trades Math
Physical Strength Building
CPR/First Aid/Safety in the Workplace
Cooperative Ed/Worksite Training
• Job Search Skills
• Classes begin Sept. 20, 1993
• Financial Aid Available
$528 00 per term
ing her reach her goals.”
B -F it is a tw o-term certificate
program w hich gives students a unique
hands-on experience in many o f the
• Orientation: June 5 & 16, 1993
State Office Bldg.
800 NE Oregon St.
Portland, OR
• Additional Orientations will be held
during the summer at PCC, Rock
Creek Campus
For more information, call
Portland Community College
244-6111 ext. 7449, 7432, 7331
Classes will be held on the
Rock Creek Campus
17705 N. W. Springville Road
Portland, Oregon
Orientation
During the initial orientation session, you
will learn about the B-FIT program and its
services, be introduced to careers in the
skilled trades, and explore job realities to
form er husband. She’ s now pursuing
an associate degiee in b u ild in g con
struction technology and say s the tra in
ing program w as "in va lu a b le ” in help
basic s kills required to enter an ap-
pi enticeship training program or other
skilled non-traditional jobs in indus
try Program focuses on the construc
tio n and electrical and mechanical
Caressa Nelson
trades
For more info rm a tio n ca ll: P ort
land C om m unity College at 244-6111
Lisa Brad field
fo r upgrading the quality o f the w o rk ext. 7449.
force Sixteen w inners were chosen
from 500 nominees: they run the gamut
from local vocational programs to in
dustrial grants.
from Labor Investing For Tom orrow
Several other aw ard w inners also
(L IF T ) A m erica Awards.
stress efforts to im prove opportunities
The fo llo w in g excerpt is taken for women and m in o ritie s B u ild in g
fro m The W all street Journal.
Futures in Industry and Trades, a pro
"The aw ards called 11FT America gram run bv Portland C om m unity
are given to employers, unions, edu College inO regon, is a “ fast track” six
cational organizations and com m uni month tra in in g course designed to put
ties to recognize "creative solutions
women on paths fo r such non-tradi-
A program fo r tra in in g women in
b u ild in g trades referred to as B -F it
(B u ild in g Futures in In d u stry) oflcred
at the Rock Creek campus o f Portland
C om m unity College won an award
B-FIT is offered in cooperation with fed
eral and state apprenticeship programs and
private industry
Aleta Hottman
Building Construction
Technology
Walnut Park/North
Precinct Development
Project
Citizens, neighbors, city and po
lice o fficia ls, business owners and
leaders from P ortland’ s N o rth /N o rth
east com m unity gathered on Friday,
M ay 28 to mark the beginning o f the
b u ild in g rehabilitation fo r the $5.8
m illio n development o f the N orth Pre
cinct Com m unity P olicing Facility
The F a cility w ill be located at NE
M a rtin Luther K in g Jr Blvd. and
K illin g s w o rh Streets in the vacated
Cara Stinger
Electrical Worker Apprentice
s k ill gaps th ro u g h im m e rs io n
courses in everything fro m learning
how to w ire e le c tric a l p io je c ts
to a p h ysica l fitn e ss p ro g ra m to
career planning. The women b u ild a
house fro m the foundation up, do
upper-body tra in in g , and even hear
from sex-discrinnnation attorneys on
how to file a com plaint i f a problem W alnut Park Fred Meyer.
Speakers at the event were M ayor
the program. About 35% were unem arises.
K atharine Settle says she entered Vera K atz, Police C h ie f Tom Potter,
ployed and on welfare; 70% were
the progiam because "m y husband NZNE Economic Development a lli
single heads o f household.
T h e p ro g ra m f i l l s w o m e n ’ s had ju st recently left after 34 years o f ance Chairm an Ron Herndon, and
PDC Commissioner C arl Talton.
The city recently purchased the
4.5 acre site and plans to dev elop it lo i
(T b r f J o r t b i n b ( O b ^ i'm c r
the N o rth Police Precinct and com-
m cicia l space W ith the com m unity
policing facility and commercial space
1105 N.E. Broadway
developed together, plans are that the
Portland, OR 97232
site w ill attract additional private de
W h o ls a le
• C le a n in g
velopment. particularly along M L K
R e ta il
• R e s ty lin g
Blvds Once completed, the project
could b rin g sig n ifica n t benefits to the
area in clu d in g revitalized and safer
Across from Safeway
neighborhoods, jobs, business oppor
■in the Lloyd Center
tunities. usable goods and sers ices ad
tional skilled caieers as electricians
plumbers, caipenlersand sheet-metal
workers in jobs that pay $15 to $25 an
hour. Previously, women w eren t striv -
in g toward such jobs, program o ffi
cia ls say. M a n y wom en students,
whose average age is 36, were w o rk
in g in low -paid jobs—such as in fast-
food restaurants-when they entered
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