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4-7-06
For the thirteenth straight year, the LETC Advanced Automotive Training Program at the Clearfield Job Corps Center awarded automobiles to deserving students in their program. Seven fully reconditioned vehicles were awarded to students at their semi-annual "Student Recognition Celebration" for students currently enrolled in their program. This award is an incentive for students to achieve their highest potential, by learning skills and certification in the lucrative automotive industry. A large number of students enrolled in Job Corps and the LETC (AATP) have limited job skills and training prior to enrollment. LETC (AATP) fills this void by offering structured, in-depth hands-on and classroom training.
One of the seven students with his new car
LETC (AATP) is a 6 National Training Contractor for the United States Department of Labor Job Corps Program. Their Clearfield, Utah site provides training in 29 different areas of automotive, auto body and medium/heavy truck repair; in addition to Specialty Programs, including their Toyota Sponsored Program, their AAMCO Transmission Certification Program, and their Spray Technique Analysis Research (STAR) Program for Auto Collision Repair and Refinishing. LETC (AATP) has also earned all three Master Training Program Certifications from the National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence (NIASE), and seventeen of their instructors are ASE Certified Master Technicians.
Student graduates are offered high paying jobs from companies in Utah. Some of these companies are the Larry H. Miller Automotive Group, Young Pontiac, Murdock Chevrolet, Freeway Transmissions, Master Muffler and many others. Over 98% of LETC (AATP) graduates are placed in jobs upon completion. Local and national employers actively recruit their students to fill current job openings with their respective establishments. All of the students enrolled in the LETC Advanced Automotive Training Program receive up-to three years of cost-free education and many receive Automotive Service Excellence Certifications (ASE) and college credit upon graduation.
In a recent study by Mathematica Policy Research Group, a comprehensive study of the program found that Job Corps generates significant earnings gains for disadvantaged young. Furthermore, earnings gains, educational progress, and other positive changes were found across most groups of participants and are expected to persist as they get older. Importantly, the study also underscored the cost-effectiveness of this $1-billlion-per-year education and training program designed to help youth become employable, productive citizens, noting that Job Corps returns about $2 to society for every dollar spent. LETC (AATP) supports this research by providing graduates with a significantly higher wage than other Job Corps programs in the study.
Job Corps remains the most respected residential training program for young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 years of age.
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