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NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LAUNCHES NEW SHIPBUILDING/MARINE AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE (SAMI)听
SAMI to Provide Rhode Island Employers with a Pipeline of Skilled Welders and Machinists
WHAT:听听听 听听听听听听听Through grants provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, the Governor鈥檚 Workforce Board of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Foundation, New England Institute of Technology has established a Shipbuilding/Marine and Advanced Manufacturing Institute (SAMI) to train jobseekers for careers in these industries. SAMI was developed in partnership with Rhode Island employers who have a demand for skilled manufacturing and shipbuilding workers including machinists and welders.
WHEN:听听听听听听听听听听 Monday, July 21, 2014, at 11:00 a.m.
(Opening ceremony and remarks followed by tours of the SAMI facility)
WHERE:听听听听听听听听 New England Institute of Technology
2480 Post Rd.
Warwick, RI 02886
听WHO:听 听听听听听听听听听 听听Senator Jack Reed, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse,听听Congressman Jim Langevin, Congressman David Cicilline, Governor Lincoln Chafee, Mayor Scott Avedisian–City of Warwick, Shipbuilding and Manufacturing Employers, 91直播 President Richard I. Gouse, administration, faculty and staff.
WHY:听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Because of the shortage of skilled workers in Rhode Island鈥檚 shipbuilding/marine and advanced manufacturing job market, New England Institute of Technology has collaborated with General Dynamics/Electric Boat Division, Senesco Marine, RI Carbide Tool, Guill Tool and Engineering, Swissline Precision, RI Marine Trades Association and the RI Manufacturers Association in the development of SAMI. The objective of the SAMI program is to recruit, screen, provide career information and hands-on orientation, and train individuals for high demand careers in these industries all at no cost to eligible SAMI participants or the employers.
Under the leadership of President Richard I. Gouse, New England Tech is a private, non-profit technical college with an enrollment of more than 3,000 students and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. 听For more information on SAMI, please visit or follow news of the college on www.neit.edu, , , , , and the 91直播 Blog.