Pictured, left to right: Cleveland State Plumbing Instructor Jason Taylor, Jordan Graig, City Fields Executive Director David Goodwill, Christine Bee, Trace Wilkens, Ben Markham, Michael Bounds, London Fritts, Brendan Mackler and Cleveland State Vice President of Economic & Community Development Dr. John Squires.
Cleveland State Community College Workforce Development provided a Plumbing Bootcamp in the Cleveland State Plumbing Lab at the Partners in Industry and Education (PIE) Center in Cleveland.
Partnering with City Fields, seven students completed the 60-hour bootcamp and earned three National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3) RIDGID certifications: Manual/Handheld Threading, Pressing for HVAC/Plumbing, and Power Machine Threading.
This was the inaugural plumbing bootcamp for the college.
The certification equipment was purchased with funding from Cleveland State, City Fields and Wholesale Supply Group.
Graduation students included Christine Bee, Michael Bounds, London Fritts, Jordan Graig, Brendan Mackler, Ben Markham and Trace Wilkens.