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Valley College lab going mobile.(Valley Glen)
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San Fernando Valley Business Journal
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May 26, 2008
- Author:
- Madler, Mark R.
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Los Angeles Valley College can now take its job training program to those who need it most with its mobile manufacturing technologies lab.
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The newly refurbished lab contains $200,000 in office mills and lathes and computerized simulators to upgrade the skills of employees at Valley manufacturers; retrain workers who have lost their jobs; and to show high school students what manufacturing is about.
The school rolled out the 40-foot lab for the first time at the third annual Aviation Career Day at Van Nuys Airport at the end of April, and invited students at the Valley College campus to take a look on May 13.
"We lust want people to see ...