Starting this fall, Mt. San Jacinto College will offer an automotive apprenticeship program.
Some local automobile maintenance and repair businesses have expressed interest in helping students who are interested in working as automobile mechanics according to a statement on the community college’s website.
“The apprenticeship [program] provides a vital supplement to the training that our automotive program offers to our students,” said Bob Pensiero, MSJC automotive instructor, in the statement.
The project is sponsored by the LAUNCH Apprenticeship Network, the experience, which supports collaboration between industry participants and community colleges in the Inland Empire. Apprenticeships in advanced manufacturing and other areas.
The fall semester is scheduled to start Aug. 17. The school plans to expand the program into other career areas in 2021, according to the statement.