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LaShip and local maritime firms propose paid internship pipeline with Lewis Miller CTE
Summary
Industry representatives including LaShip and Edison Chouest told the Terrebonne Parish committee they will work with Lewis Miller Career & Technical High School to develop paid internships that could evolve into apprenticeships and count as transcript credit; staff will draft an MOU and partners offered equipment and instructor support.
Al Archer, a maintenance technician who represented the company delegation, told the Terrebonne Parish School District Education, Technology and Policy Committee on April 21 that industry partners are ready to work with Lewis Miller Career & Technical High School to create a pipeline of students into shipyard trades.
“We're open. We're here to work with our students,” Archer said, asking the committee for approval to move forward with a vocational plan that would map a student pathway from ninth grade through graduation into roles such as welders, pipefitters, shipfitters and marine electricians.
Wally Naka, general…
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