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3821
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When Nash Community College started its Electric Lineman Technology two-year degree program in 1998, the state became home to the second such program in the country. Kansas was first. The 64-credit-hour degree enhances the lineman's communication, technical, and safety skills.
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31064
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Nash Community College, located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, offers the only comprehensive lineman training program in the state. The electric lineman technology program consists of classroom instruction, hands-on line construction training, electrical theory, basic math and communication skills, power generation, transmission and distribution concepts, and climbing electric poles. Upon completion of the program, the student is qualified for employment as an entry-level line technician.
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36252
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Rocky Mount’s journey on the road to economic prosperity involved joining the old with the new. Involved with the journey were businesses such as the CSX Carolina Connector Intermodal Rail Terminal and Rocky Mount Mills, predicted to produce substantial job growth.
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39527
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Counties like Nash and Edgecombe, historically agrarian, have been developing a strong manufacturing base in the past few decades. Generating economic and job growth for towns like Rocky Mount and Tarboro are industrial recruiters like Carolinas Gateway Partnership, companies like Tyson Foods, Inc., and projects like the Carolina Connector intermodal rail terminal.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 8, August 2017,
p90, 92, 94, 96, 98-101
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Nash County--History; Nash County--Industry; Edgecombe County--History; Edgecombe County--Economic conditions; Rocky Mount--Industry; Tarboro--Industry; Carolinas Gateway Partnership (Edgecombe County); Manufacturing industries; Food processing companies; Economic development; Job creation--North Carolina; Nash Community College; Edgecombe Community College
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40612
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Countering the pressure many high school students experience to get a university degree is the community college alternative. Asserting the practicality of an associate’s degree are reasons why two year colleges benefit North Carolina economically and occupationally. Added as evidence are what North Carolina community colleges such as Central Piedmont, Lenoir, and Alamance in particular offer to the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 39 Issue 3, March 2019 ,
p35-45
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Community colleges--North Carolina ; North Carolina Community College System; Apprenticeships--Community Colleges ; Edgecombe Community College ; Fayetteville Technical Community College ; Guilford Technical Community College; Wake Technical Community College ; Alamance Community College ; Central Piedmont Community College; Lenoir Community College; Nash Community College; Pitt Community College