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Commissioner highlights county tech-center internships, SkillsUSA accreditation and trades training
Summary
An unnamed commissioner told the St. Mary's County Commissioners meeting that students from the county tech center attended as interns and praised apprenticeship and vocational training, citing his own experience with a high-school printing program and involvement with SkillsUSA accreditation.
An unnamed commissioner at a St. Mary's County Commissioners meeting said students from the county tech center attended the session this morning to participate as interns through the county apprenticeship program.
The commissioner said the interns are part of an apprenticeship pathway that connects technical training to county work, and he urged residents to value skilled-trade work, noting the importance of mechanics who maintain county and personal vehicles.
The comment followed the commissioner’s recollection of his own entry into the trades. He said he began in a printing program at Great Mills High School about 30 years ago, continued in the printing industry, and later returned to the tech center to serve as a judge for the SkillsUSA graphic-arts competition. He also said he helped the tech-center program obtain national accreditation with the Printing Industries of America.
“I’m a strong proponent of apprenticeship programs,” he said. The commissioner added that the skills young people learn at the tech center are “extremely important” and that society depends on those trades.
He also noted a personal connection to current programs: his son is enrolled in the tech center’s welding program and is expected to finish in a couple of years.
Remarks about the tech-center interns occurred during the commissioner’s report portion of the meeting; no formal vote or board action on the internship program was recorded in the transcript.
The commissioner framed the internship visits as part of ongoing workforce development in St. Mary’s County and encouraged public recognition of vocational pathways that feed into county services and the local economy.
