After years of classes and on-the-job training, 49 electricians and plumbers have graduated from the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) Apprentice Program.
The ceremony, held May 16 in the auditorium on the MCVTS East Brunswick Campus, was the culmination of an intensive educational program involving between 600 and 900 hours of classroom instruction and between 8,000 and 10,000 hours of on-the-job training over four years for plumbers and five years for electricians, according to information provided by MCVTS. Apprenticeship programs combine full-time supervised and structured on-the-job training with part‑time related theoretical instruction. Apprentices who successfully complete the program receive national and state credentials.
The graduates included 15 electricians sponsored by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 456 in North Brunswick.
Five graduates were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society, all members of IBEW Local 456: Christopher Caccio of Monroe, Frank Cipot of New Brunswick, Leonard DiGiacomo of Freehold, Louis Dowling of Woodbridge, and Dillon Gallagher of Monroe.
Local 456 President Michael G. McLaughlin presented the Edward Fofrich Memorial Award to Christopher Caccio. It recognizes IBEW apprentices who practice the principles of labor unions by helping classmates in school and co-workers on the job.
Plumbing apprentice Vincent Prybeck Jr. of the Fords section of Woodbridge received a certificate for perfect attendance.
For more information, visit www.mcvts.net.