{"id":67318,"date":"2025-08-21T23:35:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T03:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=67318"},"modified":"2025-08-21T23:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T03:35:24","slug":"batavia-rtma-celebrates-5th-annual-graduation-for-genesee-valley-mechatronics-pre-apprenticeship-boot-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/batavia-rtma-celebrates-5th-annual-graduation-for-genesee-valley-mechatronics-pre-apprenticeship-boot-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/RTMA Celebrates 5th\u00a0Annual Graduation for Genesee Valley Mechatronics Pre-Apprenticeship Boot Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Attached Pictured (left to right): Participants Jesus Aragon, Gavin Armbrewster, Cooper Augello, Eli Barrett, Everett Fish, Will Parker, Will Quackenbush and Jason Rowe with instructor Rich Monroe.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants receive free classroom instruction and a paid on-the-job experience<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Press release\/provided photo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Batavia \u2013 The Rochester Technology and Manufacturing Association, the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership, Genesee Community College and Genesee County Economic Development Center today celebrated graduates from the 5th<\/sup> annual Genesee Valley Mechatronics Pre-Apprenticeship Boot Camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants received six weeks of free classroom instruction at the Genesee Valley BOCES in Batavia, paired with paid on-the-job experience at a local advanced manufacturing company. Oxbo, Tambe Electric, Trioton Mechanical and Turnbull HVAC offered paid co-ops to this year\u2019s participants. The program is an earn-while-you-learn model that has placed nearly four dozen participants into full-time employment and several in registered apprenticeship programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Genesee Valley Pre-Apprenticeship Boot Camp is a proven model that has trained candidates for automated maintenance positions in advanced manufacturing throughout the greater Rochester and GLOW Region,\u201d <\/em>said Rich Turner, RTMA Director of Workforce Development.<\/strong> \u201cParticipants are taking what they learn in the classroom into the workplace as they embark on a great manufacturing career which will offer free training, great pay and room for advancement.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RTMA and its partners created the Genesee Valley Pre-Apprenticeship Program in 2021 to assist companies in the region with recruitment and training for high-demand careers in advanced manufacturing. Participants receive 96 hours of state-of-the-art classroom training and more than 100 hours of paid on-the-job experience. Classroom instruction was provided at no cost due to a SUNY Pre-Apprenticeship Grant secured by Genesee Community College and its BEST Center and the RTMA. The program has been replicated for the past two years in Monroe County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RTMA is also offering a new training program, Real Life Rosies, which will offer free training this fall at the Monroe 2 BOCES Center for Workforce Development. For more information, you can call 585-510-6557, email info@rtma.org<\/a> or visit https:\/\/www.rtma.org\/real-life-rosies<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attached Pictured (left to right): Participants Jesus Aragon, Gavin Armbrewster, Cooper Augello, Eli Barrett, Everett Fish, Will Parker, Will Quackenbush and Jason Rowe with instructor Rich Monroe. Participants receive free classroom instruction and a paid on-the-job experience Press release\/provided photo Batavia \u2013 The Rochester Technology and Manufacturing Association, the Genesee \u2026<\/p>\n

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