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Local controls contractor asks Pueblo for help to expand apprenticeship, housing for FAME trainees
Summary
Global Controls Colorado asked Pueblo City Council on Sept. 15 to help renovate two Northern Avenue apartments, fund security upgrades and support accreditation to grow an apprenticeship pipeline tied to the FAME program and building automation systems.
Fernando Medina, owner and president of Global Controls Colorado, told the Pueblo City Council on Sept. 15 that his company is building an apprenticeship pipeline tied to FAME (the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education) and asked the city for help renovating two apartments at 400–408 West Northern Avenue, funding security upgrades and backing accreditation and academic pathways to CSU Pueblo.
Medina said the apprenticeship program pairs the FAME model — two days in school and three days on the job — with employer-paid IEC electrical training so graduates can move toward journeyman status. "I've been in Pueblo for over 20 years," Medina said, describing the company’s local work and its demand for trained technicians. He said Global Controls already employees two apprentices who are on that pathway and that the business pays for their schooling.
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