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Finally, some news about Honolulu’s rail system that doesn’t involve the words over-budget or overdue. At Leeward Community College, students are preparing for high-skilled, decently paying jobs right now — not at some nebulous time when the trains start carrying passengers.
Graduates of a two-year certificate program in integrated industrial technology can help contractors meet a city requirement to hire as much as 90% of its workforce locally. They’ll test and troubleshoot, and help get this train moving.