100 apprenticeships available at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard says it is seeking to fill about 100 apprentice jobs.
Those hired for the new class will begin their employment in January, with an average starting pay of $19 an hour, the shipyard said. At the end of four years, apprentice program graduates earn $28 or more an hour after receiving a minimum of 7,200 hours of on-the-job training, trade theory and academic study.
Beverly Higa, apprentice program administrator, said the job announcement could appear on usajobs.gov as early as today. Applications must be submitted through the website.
Higa recommends creating an account on the federal website as soon as possible.
"This way, they can set up their résumé and other administrative info," she said. "Once the application period begins, they will be better poised to apply before the deadline."
The apprentice program is a partnership among the shipyard, the U.S. Department of Labor and Honolulu Community College. Apprentices receive full-time employment, hands-on training and a tuition-free, applied trades degree from HCC.
The shipyard said a waiver was received from federal budget cuts to continue the program.
Kauai woman’s disappearance sparks search
Kauai emergency officials resumed the search Sunday for a 72-year-old woman who went missing a day earlier near her Kokee cabin, a county spokeswoman said.
Family members told county officials that Pamela Wilcox Dohrman of Hanalei left her cabin at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday to take a walk and did not return. The family called 911 around 9:44 p.m., and a search ensued, focused on Waininiua Trail, Kumuwela Road and Kumuwela Trail.
Officials said the ground search continued Sunday morning, and the Fire Department’s helicopter conducted an aerial search for nearly three hours with no sign of the woman.
Pair convicted of conspiracy to deal ice’
Two men, one from Maui and the other from Hawaii island, are facing up to life in prison after a federal jury convicted them Friday of conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on Maui.
Jeffrey Javier of Kahului and Reynaldo Agudo of Keaau were convicted after a five-day trial at U.S. District Court in Honolulu.
Prosecutors say the men agreed to distribute the drug sent from California to Maui via express mail in 2006 and 2007.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Javier and another person financed the shipment of 80 grams of pure methamphetamine that the Drug Enforcement Administration intercepted at Honolulu Airport in 2007.
Judge Leslie Kobayashi is scheduled to sentence the men in August. They face up to life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years.
