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day six
At the Washington Aerospace Training & Research Center( WATR) in Everett, students learn the skills required for a high-wage, high-demand manufacturing job in just 12 weeks. In addition, students earn college credit and certificates of completion that will qualify them for opportunities in aerospace and manufacturing careers through training in a variety of trades skills. The WATR Center offers several educational programs that are designed to get students trained and ready for high-paying jobs in the shortest amount of time.
A unique part of the WATR Center’ s facility in Everett is a Boeing 767 cargo plane fuselage section, donated by Boeing to be used as an aerospace manufacturing training lab( left and lower right).
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