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Steve Lesher, a Physical Plant electrician,
graduated from the Physical Plant appren
tice program in September, a year ahead of
Photo courtesy of Physical Plant
schedule. His father, Ron, a Physical Plant
carpenter, graduated from the program last
year. The program was established in 1974.
Apprentice
Training program fills physical plant jobs
By KATHERINE HURT
Staff Writer
The Physical Plant’s apprentice
training program set a milestone
in September when it granted
journeymen certificates to six ap
prentices, its largest graduating
class.
The apprentice program, es
tablished in 1974, provides the
Physical Plant with employees
trained in various skilled trades
such as electricians, carpenters,
painters, air-conditioning, heat
ing and refrigeration mechanics,
auto mechanics, electronic techni
cians, plumbers and sheet metal
workers.
“We are not a trade school that
trains for the open market,” said
Gene Voelkel, supervisor of Phys
ical Plant apprentices. “We train
to fill openings within our own
journeyman ranks.”
Voelkel said the Physical Plant
cannot guarantee it will hire each
of its graduates because the plant
cannot forecast vacancies with
100 percent accuracy.
“But we have never failed to
offer a journeyman position to a
graduating apprentice,” he said.
The apprentice program takes
three to five years to complete,
depending on the skilled craft
chosen, Voelkel said.
The program combines on-
the-job training with academic
coursework. For the first year,
apprentices attend classes two
nights a week on subjects such as
shop math, blueprint reading,
safety and cardiopulmonary re
suscitation while, at the same
time, working a 40-hour week un
der the supervision of a journey
man trainer.
In the second year of the pro
gram, apprentices undertake self-
paced individual study courses
related to their particular craft.
The apprentice program
classes are taught on campus by a
graduate student of industrial ed
ucation or engineering technol
ogy, Voelkel said.
The Physical Plant’s apprentice
program, certified by the United
States Department of Labor, is a
unique and highly regarded pro-
Friday, Movember 2, 1984AThe Battalion/Page 5
UT competes
for blood
donations
By MARY ANGELA LEBLANC
Reporter
Past Aggie Blood Drives have in
volved competition between dormi
tories to see which could donate the
most blood. The winning dorm resi
dents were given a party for their ef
forts, but this semester the competi
tion will take on a new twist.
This year’s challenger will be the
University of Texas. The theme of
the blood drive is “Bleed the Hell
Outta t.u.”
Kambiz Jahadi, A&M Blood Drive
representative, said that UT origi
nally challenged Texas A&M for this
semester’s Blood Drive and then
tried to back out.
Jahadi said the reason UT tried to
back out is that they now consider
the University of Oklahoma as their
big rival and not A&M.
The winner of the blood-drive
challenge will be determined on a
percentage basis where the number
of units donated will be divided by
the student body. Jahadi said all stu
dents are encouraged to give blood
because even those who do not meet
the requirements will be included in
the total percentages.
The A&M Blood Drive, spon
sored by the Aggie Blood Club —Al
pha Phi Omega, Omega Phi Alpha
and Student Government — will be
Nov. 5-8 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Blood
donation stations will be at Sbisa
Dining Hall, Rudder Fountain, Kle
berg Animal and Food Science Cen
ter and inside the Commons.
UT’s Blood Drive will be the week
after the A&M Blood Drive, and Ja
hadi said arrangements are being
made to have the winner of the chal
lenge announced at half time of the
Texas A&M-UT football game.
If students give blood during the
blood drive, they will be given blood
free if they ever need it.
Jahadi said $35 per unit is about
the price for blood, and if at anytime
A&M students, faculty or their fami
lies need blood they need to contact
the Blood Club which will contact
the Wadley Blood Bank in Dallas to
provide blood for the patient.
“Most people who use the blood
are alumni,” Jahadi said.
Members of the three organiza
tions that sponsor the blood drive
form a six-member group which de
cides were remaining blood units
will go, Jahadi said. He said some of
the units are sent to people with spe
cial cases (such as burn victims) in
the name of the Aggie Blood Club.
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gram, Voelkel said. He knows of
very few similar programs.
The University of Texas is in
terested in starting a program
like A&M’s, Voelkel said. “Uni
versity of Texas officials have vis
ited here several times and are
modeling their program after
our’s,” he said.
“Our programs are so popular,
we had in excess of 75 people ap
ply for 10 positions this year,”
Voelkel said.
“We don’t always have enough
vacancies to recruit every year,”
Voelkel said. The Physical Plant
has only 29 apprenticeship posi
tions — each year it accepts only
enough new apprentices to fill
positions vacated in the previous
year.
To be accepted into the pro
gram, apprentices must be 18
years old or older, be physically
fit for the work of a trade, have a
high school diploma or equivalent
tratning, be a U.S. citizen or have
a permanent resident visa and
successfully complete the General
Aptitude Test Battery.
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