ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- The depot participated in Worlds of Work at the Oxford Civic Center March 7-9.
The event was hosted by the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce and East Alabama Works, part of the Alabama Workforce Council and presented a variety of career opportunities to eighth grade students throughout northeast Alabama to assist them in making future career choices.
"The desired outcome is to improve high school graduation rates in Calhoun County, Clay County, Cleburne County, Gadsden City, Randolph County and Talladega County schools and develop career interests among students to move their communities forward with workforce-ready programs," states the Chamber's website.
Two afternoon sessions for the event were also open to juniors and seniors from high schools in northeast Alabama.
Worlds of Work focused on four career areas:
• Agriculture, automotive and manufacturing communications
• Construction, energy and utilities engineering
• Healthcare, hospitality and tourism public service
• Transportation
The depot used the opportunity to promote its Pathways program, a cooperative education program which enables selected high school seniors to learn the skills, such as diesel mechanics, electronics, welding, machining or hydraulics/pneumatics, which are used on the installation.
The Pathways program specialist, Marilyn Futrell, was on hand at Worlds of Work to share information with future prospective students as were two former students.
William Tarver and Raymond Bolt, both graduates of the depot's cooperative education program, brought a Stryker vehicle to the event and spoke to students about the work performed on the vehicle at the depot, as well as their experiences in the co-op program.
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