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Published: Fri, 13 Mar 2009
Description: Turbine climbing taught at boot camp for wind technology jobs
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" Right Jamie fifteen minutes now before the -- there's a class offered the California college it teaches students how to avoid death and dismemberment. Why is that you grass green collar jobs like new wind technologies still hiring this tough economy. Only problem is those big turbines certainly can be dangerous Casey Stegall is that the wind power boot camp would. That's toll hot should peak California. I think about a hundred miles east of LA. --"
" Oh -- got it whenever you say it will -- whatever you say it's dangers that may just be an understatement forgive me if I'm not doing a whole lot of moving around appeared just to give you an idea. Of how high up we always got a camera -- though. On the ground can you see me look at this we hear about a hundred feet up in the air on one of about 30000. Wind turbines that are all over the country. They are growing more and more every day because of the focus of course on green energy. And -- this year of air streams is with us this morning who operates. This boot camp really a pioneer in this industry. Might go what what are people learn how quick is his boot camp. And more importantly what about the need in this country for these jobs."
" There are strains started back in 2003 we realize there's a there's a huge need the renewable energy. -- specifically and and solar there's a tremendous amount of of job creation and we we started a program that quickly. Allows people to go through and end. Get the core skill sets of their. Required work cannot safely understand this equipment about four weeks right they can come out of school making a lot of money. They're good -- well paying industry there's a great demand for trained technicians. There's not. -- Travel -- globally -- Mike of course."
" It goes without saying you can't be afraid of heights because we are -- up as you can see guys that by the way thanks Mike for being with us we're gonna be here throughout the day this boot camp is going to be going on. Will be talking to a couple of students we got some cool stuff for you throughout the day right here on Fox News and I know what you want to -- okay egg -- KC -- so groundbreaking about this program. Well it's it's back. Basically as you just heard it's four weeks there -- only seven universities in the whole country that offer these classes but this particular boot camp. Air streams boot camp they've really developed a curriculum -- so it's about four weeks it is very intense training they get through quickly and they can get right under the workforce and they say that once the students graduate they get hired right away and they get put to work right away bill patent and that's unheard of god we know with the economy. Pay -- down from there. Well I -- but -- tell you that."
" How many. A nice job facing a well done kids not big on a beautiful ocean blue sky in California that can."
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