Eight students recently graduated from West Georgia Technical College’s (WGTC) Lineworker Apprentice Program, a six-week, non-credit workforce training program offered by the College’s Economic Development Division.

Hayden Buford of Carrollton, Walker Dagenhart of LaGrange, Kaleb Ellison of Carrollton, Jamiyah Fountain of Sparta, Briar Graham of Rockmart, Eric Moore of Roopville, Caleb Stack of Carrollton, and Charles Stokes, Jr. of Atlanta completed the program and received their certificates at a ceremony at WGTC’s Murphy Campus on November 13. After the ceremony, the graduates took to the training yard to showcase their skills for friends and family in attendance.

Students in the program are trained with the necessary skills for entry level lineworker employment including safety, construction, pole climbing, storm restoration and more. Students also earn CPR and OSHA 10 credentials and learn soft skills such as interviewing and resume writing.

For more information about the Lineworker Apprentice program, visit westgatech.edu/community-education.

West Georgia Technical College, with campuses in Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson, and Troup counties and class sites in Heard and Meriwether counties, offers more than 120 associate degree, diploma, and technical certificate programs of study. A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, West Georgia Tech is one of the largest of the state’s 22 technical colleges. For more information, please visit www.westgatech.edu.