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SAMI to Provide Rhode Island Employers with a Pipeline of Skilled Welders and Machinists

July 15, 2014

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NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LAUNCHES NEW SHIPBUILDING/MARINE AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE (SAMI)Ìý

SAMI to Provide Rhode Island Employers with a Pipeline of Skilled Welders and Machinists

WHAT:ÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýThrough grants provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, the Governor’s Workforce Board of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Foundation, New England Institute of Technology has established a Shipbuilding/Marine and Advanced Manufacturing Institute (SAMI) to train jobseekers for careers in these industries. SAMI was developed in partnership with Rhode Island employers who have a demand for skilled manufacturing and shipbuilding workers including machinists and welders.

WHEN:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Monday, July 21, 2014, at 11:00 a.m.

(Opening ceremony and remarks followed by tours of the SAMI facility)

WHERE:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý New England Institute of Technology

2480 Post Rd.

Warwick, RI 02886

ÌýWHO:Ìý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýSenator Jack Reed, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse,ÌýÌýCongressman Jim Langevin, Congressman David Cicilline, Governor Lincoln Chafee, Mayor Scott Avedisian–City of Warwick, Shipbuilding and Manufacturing Employers, ÁùºÏ²ÊÖ±²¥tvb President Richard I. Gouse, administration, faculty and staff.

WHY:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Because of the shortage of skilled workers in Rhode Island’s shipbuilding/marine and advanced manufacturing job market, New England Institute of Technology has collaborated with General Dynamics/Electric Boat Division, Senesco Marine, RI Carbide Tool, Guill Tool and Engineering, Swissline Precision, RI Marine Trades Association and the RI Manufacturers Association in the development of SAMI. The objective of the SAMI program is to recruit, screen, provide career information and hands-on orientation, and train individuals for high demand careers in these industries all at no cost to eligible SAMI participants or the employers.

Under the leadership of President Richard I. Gouse, New England Tech is a private, non-profit technical college with an enrollment of more than 3,000 students and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. ÌýFor more information on SAMI, please visit or follow news of the college on www.neit.edu, , , , , and the ÁùºÏ²ÊÖ±²¥tvb Blog.