Workforce Partners offer welding training in South Paris

LEWISTON – Western Maine Community Action at the CareerCenter in Lewiston and Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education are partnering to offering an opportunity for welding training with Bancroft Contracting Corporation in South Paris.
The customized professional welding program offers 72-hours of hands on welding instruction, safety training, and 20 hours of math for welders, and job-readiness skills. No cost training for income eligible candidates.
The 92-hour long program provides students welding processes used by Bancroft Contracting Corporation and other local employers.
Students completing the course will be offered an additional on-the-job training opportunity supported by WMCA and full-time employment at Bancroft.
Interested candidates must register by calling 207-753-9037 or 207-749-8842, ext. 1545. Orientation is 9 a.m. until noon Wednesday, July 10, at Oxford Hills Adult Education, 256 Main Street, Oxford. Deadline to register is Monday, July 8. For more information, www.facebook.com/WesternMaineCommunityAction/ or wmca.org/.

PHOTO: From left, Bancroft Welding customized training recent graduates Kurtis Polisky and Christopher Willey perform welding operations at Bancroft Contracting Corporation in South Paris. (Heidi Durgin photo).