Want to work at Boeing? Training center offers tuition vouchers

Published 10:24 am Friday, May 13, 2011

If you’re out of work and want a head start on a job at the Boeing Co., the aerospace training center in Everett has a deal for you.

The Washington Aerospace Training and Research Center is offering tuition vouchers to people who are out of work. The center, located at Paine Field in Everett, is allowing 80 people to complete its aerospace manufacturing core certificate for free.

The catch: you have to register by May 20. Classes start May 23.

Graduates from the aerospace center have a head start on getting a job at the Boeing Co., the county’s largest employer.

Boeing has been ramping up its aircraft production and hiring steadily as a result. The company has added 1,941 jobs in Washington state since the beginning of the year, according to the company’s website.

The company has said it will give interviews to any student who completes a certificate through the aerospace center in Everett. The majority of the center’s graduates have received job offers from aerospace companies.

The aerospace center offers two certificate programs: aerospace manufacturing core certificate and aerospace assembly mechanic certificate. The vouchers are good only for the manufacturing core program and can only be used by people who are unemployed.

Tuition for either program usually costs $2,400.

The funding for the vouchers came from the Workforce Development Council of Snohomish County, said Larry Cluphf, director for the center.

For more information on how to register and on the center’s programs, visit washingtonaerospace.com or call 425-347-8928.