This month the Cleveland Job Corps Center’s (CJCC) Sign and Display students have been hard at work crafting a banner for the Department of Labor Job Corps Chicago Regional Office. Knowledgeable that CJCC possessed a one -of-a-kind IUPAT Sign, Billboard and Display training program, Regional Director, Thony Martino wanted to put their skills to use. Martino requested that the trade fabricate a banner for the Chicago Regional Office representing Job Corps, the Department of Labor, and all of the Job Corps Centers in the Chicago Region. The students mapped out all of the components for the sign on their Gerber 5.0 software,printed,pounced,weeded and applied the printed vinyl letters to the banner material.  The project helped students exercise many math skills to make ensure that the plan, which was drawn on a much smaller scale, would properly translate to the size ofthe banner and maintain the integrity of the design. In addition to that, students learned about centering graphics in the middle of the case where they applied one graphic with a straight edge, and one with a round edge. Furthermore, in performing
this assignment the students were able to study the symbolism of the Department of Labor seal. Within the Department of Labor seal: the eagle represents the United States of America; the anvil represents industry; the pulley, lever and fulcrum represent
the principles of mechanics; the plough represents agriculture; the color red represents valor and courage in doing our work; the color blue represents dependability and trustworthiness; the color gold represents the value of what we do.