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It also builds off of similar outreach efforts to middle schools rolled out this school year, said Mike Wilson, a principal at Rockridge Partners, Inc., the firm hired to manage the programs.
"We want to create a workforce supply chain," Wilson said, referring to efforts by community colleges to gear training programs toward emerging job markets.
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"If you like working with your hands and you like fixing things and can learn computers, that's the perfect foundation," Wilson suggested.
There's one more thing, he said: "You can't be afraid of heights.
Many turbines are nearly 200 feet tall.
The college's expanded program will consist of a number of teacher workshops next school year, Wilson said.
So far, this year, 32 middle school teachers from almost every Solano County school district, including two from Vallejo and Benicia, have participated in the program.