The evening classes have been added at the RCBI Huntington and RCBI Bridgeport facilities. Weber, who also serves as Vice President for Federal Programs at Marshall University, describes the RCBI Machinist Technology Program as a response to the continuing shift by industry toward high-technology skills and its resulting need for technically capable workers. The part-time classes started in January with 16 participants in Huntington and eight in Bridgeport. The second full-time Huntington class, which began in August 1999, has 17 participants. The first full-time Bridgeport class began in November with eight students.
Participants receive technical skills training to work in industrial machining.
RCBI worked closely with an industry-based advisory board to design Machinist Technology Program core components to meet the manufacturing sector's needs.