Show Skills Center meets the needs of Industry Cyndi Ainge News Editor RAINING to develop our skills is T TRAINING just one of the many reasons we attend college The Riverside campus skills center offers a program for those who arent aren't ready to devote the time and money needed for college but want to sharpen their skills to get a job This is what makes Riverside different from standard colleges Riverside Skills Center offers a program that is a short term entry level job skill training with no college credit On every Monday MondayS S you can enroll in the program and you will be offered assistance in finding out what you want to do and what you are aregood aregood aregood good at The common person who takes advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of this program is usually one of the following a single head of household economically disadvantaged disadvantaged disadvantaged unemployed or a high school drop out According to Susan Besser Riverside Director of Student Services this kind of program gives people options If you are in a hurry to get your foot in the door in industry and arent aren't one oneto oneto oneto to excel academically Riverside offers options by training you in a skill such as as truck driving auto technology electronic assembly or computers just to name a few The average starting wage for learning these skills is 1200 an hour According to Elwood Elwood Elwood El- El wood Dean of Occupational Education It lilt is the mission of the Riverside Skills Center to be flexible and responsible enough to meet the needs of industry One way of serving industry is offering offering offering offer offer- ing instruction in things that are not necessarily common place like learning to drive off road vehicles such as tractors tractors tractors trac trac- tors and Belly Dumps The hardest thing to do with this kind of equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment is to back up and dump off a load With the completion of the South City Campus Riverside will be moving many of its programs to that site I I S i s r S S i f 41 r y A 5 A Aa a a n Sandy Campus in the Sandy Mall Mail is an excellent k J vr t 1 Li i 7 1 wi w 14 LW a II n ITI ii cua R r 3 Y Yn l M i j t location for students |