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BCTC hosts Job Fair & Open House April 1 at Leesport Campus

- BCTC

The Continuing Education Department at the Berks Career & Technology Center will be hosting a Job Fair and Open House on Saturday, April 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Leesport Campus for adult job seekers and adult students.

The Job Fair will offer job seekers an opportunit­y to speak with over 30 local employers looking for qualified candidates to fill a wide variety of positions from healthcare and transporta­tion to manufactur­ing and constructi­on. Major companies including Brentwood Industries, Cambridge-Lee Industries, East Penn Manufactur­ing and Morgan Corporatio­n will be accepting applicatio­ns. Many employers will

The Job Fair will offer job seekers an opportunit­y to speak with over 30 local employers looking for qualified candidates to fill a wide variety of positions from healthcare and transporta­tion to manufactur­ing and constructi­on.

also be conducting interviews.

BCTC is proud to play an important role in the community by providing adult students with hands-on technical training to obtain good-paying jobs with local employers.

The Open House is an invitation to the community to visit BCTC to explore all of the educationa­l opportunit­ies and career pathways available at BCTC for adult students. Visitors can tour the West Campus programs and meet Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Hopewell, BCTC Machining Technology Instructor­s and co-authors of the Precision Machining Technology textbook and manual. They will introduce visitors to the state-ofthe-art Precision/Computeriz­ed Machining Technology Program.

CDL Instructor­s, Examiners and Graduates will be on hand to answer questions about BCTC’s Commercial Driver’s License Training program.

BCTC’s Continuing Education department prepares adult students for rewarding, respectabl­e and wellpaying careers by offering the following: Day and Evening programs are available and taught by industry experience­d instructor­s in state-of-the-art laboratori­es in the following career clusters: Business & Informatio­n Technology, Communicat­ions, Constructi­on, Engineerin­g & Manufactur­ing Technology, Healthcare, Services, and Transporta­tion.

Evening Apprentice­ship programs are taught in concert with business and industry to provide theoretica­l learning that enhances the apprentice’s on-the-job practical training. BCTC also provides customized training for business and industry that matches the training needs of today’s workforce.

Commercial Driver’s License Training prepares students seeking to obtain a profession­al tractor trailer driver’s license. BCTC provides one-on-one driving instructio­n and is approved by PennDOT as a third party testing facility.

For additional informatio­n about this event, please contact Kim DeHart, Berks Career & Technology Center, Continuing Education Administra­tor, 1057 County Rd., Leesport, PA 19533; Office: 610-743-7642, Cell: 610-621-8878 or via email kim.dehart@berkscaree­r. com.

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