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Show Building Maintenance Instituted At SUSC CEDAR CITY -A one-year one-year building maintenance main-tenance program the first in the state begins September 23 at Southern Utah State College. Students completing the three-quarter program will receive a technical certificate enabling them to work as trained maintenance technicians according to Paul W. Petersen, chairman of the SUSC Department of Industrial Education. The new program was developed through the SUSC School of Business Petersen said, "was to serve an apprenticeship or seek a degree in industrial in-dustrial or mechanical engineering." Classes required for the one-year certificate include in-clude building construction, con-struction, commercial wiring, shop organization and maintenance, alterations and repairs, paints and finishes, elements of plumbing, welding, heating and cooling systems, technical math, blueprint reading, industrial controls, troubleshooting procedures and preventive maintenance. "The majority of classes are already included in-cluded in the SUSC curriculum and will be taught by current faculty members," Petersen said. "A new faculty member, trained especially in technical troubleshooting and building maintenance, will join the faculty in September." SUSC is an area vocational school, committed to providing training in areas where demand exists and where genuine needs can be served. Information about' the building "maintenance program can be obtained by contacting Dr. Petersen, after September Sep-tember 3, at 586-4411, extension 326. and Technology in response to the call for such trained individuals from the business sector. "Millions of dollars are being spent on physical plant facilities, and it has become a must to have qualified personnel to maintain and keep these facilities in working order," Dr. Petersen said. "In preliminary studies, it was determined deter-mined that the need is great for trained maintenance main-tenance technicians," he said. "It was also determiend that the trained technician can enter ,the work force at a pay rate substantially higher than the untrained individual." Students graduating from the SUSC program will be trained in cooling and heating systems, electrical systems, construction and remodeling, plumbing systems, and troubleshooting and shop maintenance procedures. "Until now, the only way individuals could be trained in the maintenance main-tenance program," |