Bert Cooper, the director of Community Seeds of Lone Oak, a faith-based organization, has a new welding class underway. Bert says students can join the class until May 11, as long as openings remain. He says a previously homeless person who received training from an earlier welding class is now earning $350 per hour. There is a shortage of three million welders in the U.S., Bert says.
Community Seeds training welders; jobs pay up to $350 per hour
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