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U -- PINE RIDGE WELDING TRAINING SERVICES SOL IFB RMAST-97-40 DUE 040197 POC Contact J.B. Hite, 303/275-5274, Contracting Officer Christine O'Guin The basic intent of this project is to conduct a training program that will provide training opportunities for unemployed and disadvantaged youths, ages 16 to 26, in the trade of welding and related skills. The primary purposes of the program are to help individual students develop positive work habits and attitudes, provide technical knowledge to students in the welding trade, educate and train individual students in the development of marketable skills at the entry level in the welding trade, place individual students who successfully complete the welding training program by making concentrated efforts to find and obtain employment as welders in industry or get them accepted into apprenticeship or other advanced training programs in the welding trade. The contractor shall furnish two full-time instructors on site to conduct and administer the welding training program. Instructors must be a Certified Welder or have an Industrial Arts teaching degree. Also must be thoroughly competent in the theory, practices, and skills of welding, must have the necessary ability to instruct in the welding field in classroom and shop settings, must be capable and willing to communicate, work, and counsel with young males and females, ages 16 to 26, must be able to obtain a valid Nebraska Driver's License and a U.S. Government Motor Vehicle Operator's Identification Card, SF-46. The training will be conducted at the Pine Ridge Civilian Conservation Center located approximately 11 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska on Highway 385. The contract period is for one year, with four possible one year options. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. (0037)

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