(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Southern Southeast Alaska Technical Education Center (SSEATEC) announced their fourth 'Safe and Competent Worker' Series was recently completed by six participants. The classes ended Thursday, October 17th.  

The series of classes offered seven weeks of training in job skills, work behaviors, hands-on, and computers.  Six completed the classes by demonstrating their proficiency in all the required skills and on all written exams.

Kirk Robertson, Benny Edenshaw, Ian Vossen, Tim Garza, Brandon Demmert and Carlos Weimer.  A completion ceremony took place October 17, at the Southern Southeast Alaska Technical Education Center’s Café’.  
Photo by Pete Jensen

According to the Safe and Competent Worker Series Coordinator Pete Jensen, these six participants earned their certifications in Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard (HAZWOPER), Emergency Trauma Technician / First Aid / CPR / Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and Traffic Control Flagger’s courses. Additionally, these students also were trained on the safe operation of forklifts and man-lifts.

These six men were also certified on the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) standardized construction and maintenance curricula and qualified for NCCER credentials.

These six also participated in the Ketchikan Job Center’s Workshop in Dynamic Resume Writing and Interview Techniques.

Throughout the series the focus was on their job placement goals.  

Edited by Mary Kauffman, SitNews

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SSEATEC
Ketchikan Indian Community
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