June 15th, 2012
On Friday, June 15th, Potomac Job Corps’, Brick, Facility Maintenance, HVAC, and Electric 1 and 2 toured Chaney Enterprises Waldorf Aggregate Facility on Acton Road. At the company’s training center, the staff provided a thorough overview of each department by using a variety of visual and auditory aids. Once on tour, students viewed a film, [...]
May 29th, 2012
Potomac Job Corps Center is dedicated to providing higher education opportunities for all students. Barbara Thompson, CTE Coordinator for the Patricia Harris Workforce Development Program, has a new program initiative—Increase Common Infrastructures. Because of the era of the data communication – Internet world, the need to support heavy load and high speed of video/data transmission [...]
May 23rd, 2012
Chaney Enterprises has been in existence for over forty years. Chaney is one of the leading suppliers of construction materials and supplies in the Mid-Atlantic area. The company has more than 24 locations and mines. Chaney Enterprises’ Human Resource Specialist was so impressed with the quality of work of the trades that she and her [...]
May 14th, 2012
Potomac Job Corps, in May 2012, began the accreditation process to certify the center as a career technical institution. This staff, students, and families of Potomac Job Corps is pleased that the Center is always looking for ways to identify to our public that we offer high-quality training and academic programs. Our belief is that [...]
May 11th, 2012
Potomac’s Transportation Manager, Roland Hall, implemented strategies for reducing personal and company vehicle incidences on campus. The strategies focused on three key components: 1. Self-check speed monitoring; 2. A more progressive training program; 3. Restructuring the reporting process. Potomac applauds Mr. Hall for his new approach. As with all Center departments, safety is our first [...]
May 10th, 2012
Potomac Job Corps’ Community Emissary’s Outreach Committee has developed an ongoing relationship with the National Bone Marrow Foundation. On May 10th , our students packaged 400 Bone Marrow kits to be distributed on May 12th to visitors at the Children’s Hospital in Washington, D. C. To date, students have packaged more than 2,800 Bone Marrow [...]
May 9th, 2012
On May 9th, four students from the carpentry and electrical 1 and 2 trades had an opportunity to shadow two Prince George’s Electrical Association (PGEA) members in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Students witnessed the installation of electrical charging stations for electrical vehicles. Students had an opportunity to participation in the installation of charging unit. This was [...]
May 4th, 2012
Potomac Job Corps students clocked twenty-three hours of volunteer service on May 2nd and May 3rd by supporting the Sierra Club Bay Watershed Project and Forest Heights Municipality Watershed Project. Students assisted in reversing water flows on Livingston Road in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The Livingston Road’s watershed is located in an area where water flows [...]
March 31st, 2012
Newest Contacts: Mark Davis, instructor for District of Columbia Community College and Workforce Program and CEO of WDC Solar, will instruct 20 students in solar energy through a course entitled Urban Solar Photovoltaic Design and Installation. The course is an 11-week course with 3 units that started on February 20, 2012. This is an after-training [...]
March 28th, 2012
Five weeks ago Potomac Job Corps eagerly partnered with the District of Columbia’s Workforce Council at Patricia R. Harris Adult Center to offer an on-campus solar class. Not only has this class been well received by our students but staff alike. The Center has just learned that four students enrolled in the class will have [...]