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Solar company launches paid apprenticeship program

Solar company launches paid apprenticeship program
WEBVTT COMPANY IS OFFERING PAID TRAINING IN A RAPIDLY GROWING INDUSTRY. DOZENS VISITED A WAREHOUSE IN BRENTWOOD FOR A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, WHERE THEY ARE WILLING TO TRAIN PEOPLE WITH NO EXPERIENCE. >> COLLEGES THIS THING THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO. MIKE FOR MANY GRANITE STATERS, FIGURING OUT A CAREER AFTER HIGHSCHOOL CAN BE INTIMIDATING. LIAM TRADES ARE NOT SOMETHING THEY PUT ON THE TABLE. MIKE: TODAY LIAM’S CHOICES EXPANDED THANKS TO THE LAUNCH OF A UNIQUE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM BY REVISION ENERGY IN BRENTWOOD. JAMES: OUR BIGGEST RESOURCE IS TO GET THE LICENSING, GET TRAINING. MIKE: APPLICANTS WOULD BEGIN AS A TRAINEE LEVEL, EARNING AROUND $14 AN HOUR. IN A SPAN OF FOUR YEARS, EMPLOYEES COULD OBTAIN MASTER ELECTRICIAN CLASSIFICATIONS, EARNING UPWARDS OF $25 AN HOUR. UNLIKE OTHER APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, NONE OF MONEY WOULD COME OUT OF POCKET, AND THE TRAINING WOULD BE PART OF AN EMPLOYEE’S WORK DAY. COREY: KNOWING THAT COSTS ARE COVERED AND WITH THE TRAINING I WOULD RECEIVE, THAT I COULD POTENTIALLY EARN A CAREER IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, I THINK THAT IS WHERE MY HEAD IS THAT RIGHT NOW. THE COMPANY SAYS THEY HAVE 17 FULL-TIME OPENINGS WITH ROOM TO GROW. JAMES: IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, LESS THAN 1% OF OUR TOTAL ENERGY USAGES CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY SOLAR, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF ROOFTOPS OUT THERE. MIKE:
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Solar company launches paid apprenticeship program
A New Hampshire energy company is offering paid training in a rapidly growing industry.

A New Hampshire energy company is offering paid training in a rapidly growing industry.

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