YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Seven months before graduation, Alex Dimas toured aviation manufacturer GE Aviation Systems and applied for a job. Then, the company and his instructors at Perry Technical Institute worked with him to strengthen his skills until he graduated.
Three years later, he's still at the company, working as a machinist building hydraulic fuses for 737s.
"They gave me the confidence to know I can come in here and know what I'm doing," the 29-year-old married father of two said.
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