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Puna Geothermal Venture to Fund Job Training Courses (Hawaii Tribune-Herald)

Ormat owned Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) has committed $12,000 a year for five years to a new workforce development program at Hawaii Community College (HCC). The Process Technology and Industrial Maintenance (PTIM) program will address needed skills and knowledge gaps on Hawaii Island.

HCC’s program will be based on the highly successful PTIM curriculum at Leeward Community College on Oahu and is set to launch in January 2015.

PGV’s contribution will support the program for five years and help fund scholarships for outstanding students in the PTIM program.

PGV has also been invited to participate on the PTIM Advisory Committee, which will oversee how the curricula is crafted and implemented as well as ensure that the program is sustainable and represents the closest experience a student has to actual industry operations.

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