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DeKalb County Community Development Commission

Alabama Technology Network

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City of Rainsville

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Fort Payne Chamber of Commerce

Fort Payne Improvement Authority

Marshall DeKalb Electric Cooperative

Northeast Alabama Community College

Rainsville Chamber of Commerce

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative

Wills Valley Recreation Center

NACC Launches Its First Apprenticeship Program

For immediate release—June 30, 2015


In 2014, officials from Siemens in Fort Payne contacted the Workforce Development staff at Northeast Alabama Community College (NACC) to explore the possibility of establishing an apprenticeship program for Machinists.  As we began to discuss a possible partnership, the college found that other companies were experiencing the same needs.  Meetings were held with officials from business and industry in DeKalb and Jackson counties.  A Consortium was formed, and was named the “Northeast Alabama Community College Tri-State Apprenticeship Consortium”, which developed this partnership.  The Consortium decided to branch out to neighboring states, Tennessee and Georgia, to further meet the demanding needs of our surrounding area.