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Student Benjamin Camp, left, is learning welding technology skills and safety
practices from instructor Brian Mosblech.
“It will promote economic diversity by serving students
of any age, race, or economic class,” she says. “It’s a great
opportunity for both kids and adults. This community is
blessed, I hope everyone takes advantage of it.”
ALTERNATE ROUTE
Not every person is able to afford the luxury of spending
four to eight years attending classes. A degree also no longer
guarantees a secure future in the world. Many graduates are
having to continue living at home or take positions outside of
their field of study to support themselves.
The reality is that schools like Treasure Coast Technical College
offer a lifetime career in a much more timely, affordable
and practical manner.
Benjamin Camp is a student in the welding technology
program. He is in his fifth month of a nine-month course and
is already using his knowledge helping a friend mend metalchain
link fencing. His goal is to eventually own a company
that fabricates and manufactures Porsches. Camp knows of
a place that works on Porsches in Stuart where he wants to
work when he graduates to get some practical experience.
“In less than a year of training, I could make upwards
of $60,000 to $100,000 a year,” says Camp. “I was thinking
about going to a college and getting a four-year degree, but
so many friends and family have actually gotten degrees and
really don’t do anything with them. I am going to finish with
a trade under my belt and be able to work for myself one day
and do things on my own.”
Camp says that once he has his own business, he can then
hire other employees to do the physical labor.
“That’s the plan, that’s the dream,” Camp says, smiling. >>
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