AEROSPACE FIRMS TEAM WITH COLLEGE ON TRAINING CENTER.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer An aerospace job training center has yet to open, but it is already attracting considerable interest. Organizers of the center, a joint project of Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. and the region's major aerospace companies, say they already have names of 150 people wanting to take the courses, which are expected to begin July 20. ``That tells you the need in this area,'' said Tim DeBellis, Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley College's director of corporate and community education. Center organizers expect to be able to assist 115 people with its first grant, a $430,011 federal Job Training Partnership Act grant. Organizers are seeking a $400,000 grant from the Employment Training Panel, an advisory board under the state's Trade and Commerce Agency that allocates job training funds. The grant would be used to provide skill upgrade training for 300 people. The college is joining the Boeing Co., Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. , Lockheed Martin's ``Skunk skunk, name for several related New World mammals of the weasel family, characterized by their conspicuous black and white markings and use of a strong, highly offensive odor for defense. Works,'' Tracor Aircraft Systems Division and the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Department of Airports to create the center. Courses will be taught at the Boeing fitness center at Air Force Plant 42. Organizers are trying to identify training areas for laboratory work. The initial courses will be in blueprint blueprint, white-on-blue photographic print, commonly of a working drawing used during building or manufacturing. The plan is first drawn to scale on a special paper or tracing cloth through which light can penetrate. reading, aircraft structures and electrical systems. The center will also provide work ethics work ethic n. A set of values based on the moral virtues of hard work and diligence. work ethic Noun a belief in the moral value of work courses. ``They (the aerospace companies) have told us what skills they want these individuals to come out with,'' DeBellis said. It is expected that future grants will continue to provide for the center's operation. The long-range goal is to find a permanent training center. Organizers are looking at a 15,000-square-foot building at Avenue P and 25th Street East owned by the city of Los Angeles' airports department. However, that building is in need of major renovation. One of the drivers behind the center is the Antelope Valley Aerospace Alliance, comprised of Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. and Boeing. The alliance was formed as a way for the companies to assist each other with common problems in hopes it will help the individual companies land more business. The alliance has lobbied for more aerospace-friendly legislation and worked out a unique worker-sharing program that allowed Boeing to ``loan out'' workers to other companies to avoid layoffs. |
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