马里兰州霍华德社区学院技工培训中心16日揭幕 全县首个公立技工培训枢纽
马里兰州霍华德社区学院新建的凯茜与丹尼·贝尔劳动力发展与技工中心将于11月16日周一正式揭幕，剪彩仪式定于上午9时30分举行。学院院长达里娅·J·威利斯14日先后登上WJZ与福克斯巴尔的摩晨间节目，介绍这座新设施对学生与地区雇主的意义。揭幕仪式将有副州长阿鲁娜·米勒与州主计长布鲁克·利尔曼出席，剪彩后公众可从下午1时30分起参加自助参观。
这座面积5.1万平方英尺的中心是霍华德县首个公立技能技工培训枢纽，内设焊接、汽车技术、机电一体化与制造技术等学分课程，以及管道、电气与暖通空调注册学徒项目。
威利斯表示，中心旨在填补地区技能劳动力缺口，为学生打开职业通道，同时回应本地雇主对熟练技工的迫切需求。霍华德社区学院近年来持续扩大全球技能技工培训布局，新中心的启用被视为学院服务哥伦比亚市及霍华德县社区的重要一步。学院方面表示，中心建成后将与本地企业深化合作，推动学徒制与就业对接。
Maryland: Howard Community College Skilled Trades Training Center Opens Nov. 16, First Public Skilled Trades Hub in the County
Howard Community College's newly built Cathy and Danny Bell Workforce Development and Trades Center in Maryland will officially open on Monday, November 16, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9:30 a.m. College President Daria J. Willis appeared on WJZ and Fox Baltimore morning programs on the 14th to discuss what the new facility means for students and regional employers. The unveiling ceremony will be attended by Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller and State Comptroller Brooke Lierman, and after the ribbon cutting the public may take self-guided tours starting at 1:30 p.m.
The 51,000-square-foot center is Howard County's first public skilled trades training hub, with credit courses in welding, automotive technology, mechatronics, and manufacturing technology, as well as registered apprenticeship programs in plumbing, electrical, and HVAC.
Willis said the center aims to fill the region's skilled labor gap, open career pathways for students, and respond to local employers' urgent demand for skilled trades workers. Howard Community College has continued to expand its skilled trades training in recent years, and the opening of the new center is seen as an important step in the college's service to the Columbia and Howard County community. The college said that after the center opens, it will deepen cooperation with local businesses and advance apprenticeships and job placement.
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图片来源：图：霍华德社区学院科学与工程技术楼（资料图），与新揭幕的贝尔劳动力发展与技工中心同属该学院，并非新中心本身。来源：G. Edward Johnson，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 4.0。 / Photo: Howard Community College's Science, Engineering & Technology Building (file photo), on the same campus as — but not — the new Bell Workforce Development and Trades Center. Source: G. Edward Johnson, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
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