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Aero-Flex program

An Employer-Centric Earn and Learn Model for Apprenticeship

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Apprenticeship Opportunities Now Available

DOL (Department of Labor) scaling apprenticeship grant

Growing Advanced Manufacturing Apprentices Across America (GAMAAA)

U.S. Department of Labor Awards $12 Million Grant to West LA College/ South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) Led Collaborative to Prepare 5,000 Apprentices for Advanced Manufacturing, Bioscience & IT Careers Nationwide

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Apprenticeship List

Other Occupations Available

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Click on the titles below to download information for the Aero-Flex Pre-Apprenticeship program

Track I Workshop

1. Program Description

2. Training Plan Supplement

3. Engineering Needs - Survey 1

4. Engineering Skills - Survey 2

Media

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Why Apprenticeships Matter So Much, and Progress in the U.S. Podcast

Why Apprenticeships Matter So Much, and Progress in the U.S. -

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Listen to the podcast as Chris Cagle, SBWIB's Regional Affairs Manager, explains how the apprenticeship program works and why such programs are so important. He enumerates employee and student benefits and speaks about the SBWIB's work with SME to develop and register the first aerospace engineering apprenticeship occupation in the U.S. Click here to visit SME Media to share Podcast

Torrance CitiCABLE Press Coverage

Aero-Flex Pre-Apprenticeship

Program Overview

Employment Success Story LA Basin

Career Predictor

In the News

Hawthorne Press Tribune

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South Bay Cities - October 3, 2019

Aero-Flex Students Recognized

U.S. DOL Awards $12 Million Grant to West LA College/SBWIB Led Collaborative to Prepare Apprentices for Advanced Manufacturing & Bioscience Careers

Los Angeles Community College District - July 22, 2019

West LA College Receives Record $12 Million Federal Grant for Nationwide Jobs Training, Apprenticeship Program

California News Wire - Patch - July 16, 2019

South Bay Workforce Awarded Huge Grant to Invest in Local Workers and Support Aerospace and Bioscience Industries

NEWSBREAK LIVE - City of Torrance - July 16, 2019

South Bay Workforce Awarded Huge Grant to Invest in Local Workers and Support Aerospace and Bioscience Industries

Spot on California - July 15, 2019

South Bay Workforce Awarded Huge Grant to Invest in Local Workers and Support Aerospace and Bioscience Industries

MyNewsLA.com - July 15, 2019

West L.A. College Part of $12 Million Grant for Apprentice Program

MSC Industrial Direct

This MFG Day: Shrink the Skills Gap, Hire Apprentices

State of CA EDD - September 2018 - Employment Success Story: LA Basin

South Bay Workforce Investment Board is awarded a $240,000 Accelerator Grant for Pre-Apprenticeship development in Engineering

SBWIB congratulates first 20 Aero-Flex Pre-Apprenticeship Engineering graduates in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation

SBWIB to award students in the Aero-Flex Pre-Apprenticeship program with $500 stipend

The Aero-Flex Pre-Apprenticeship Program Provides a Launch Pad to the Aerospace Industry

SBWIB Aero-Flex Team Successfully Registers - First in the Nation - Aerospace Engineering Apprenticeship

How NASA is bridging the manufacturing skills gap with student workers in Hawthorne

Impresa Aerospace LLC Awards