The variables include a pool of talented students, an aging public school program, and an industry estimating a 200,000-person labor shortage by 2007. As a result, many existing programs need new facilities, equipment, tools, and updated curricula. After soliciting assistance and donations from major manufacturers, Dumas heard from Tom Mikulina , an MPS alumnus now vice president of industry relations at Trane Company and chairperson of the American Refrigeration Institute's education committee. I saw this as a very exciting opportunity to give something back to the community. Exposed to plumbing, carpentry, and electrical trades, students learn about fossil fuels, systems design and repair, equipment types, airflow, troubleshooting, and temperature control.
Students choose a specialty area in the junior and senior years and take upper level courses.
Indeed, immediately upon graduation, students may choose to enter the workforce with confidence or apply earned credits towards a certificate or diploma at Milwaukee Area Technical College, a program partner which donated an instructor to teach junior and senior level courses. Parents, teachers, and the participating students will attend the event as well. You see how the work is performed and what it's like to be out there every day. From the looks of it, Custer students will be ready. Photos courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel .