{"id":11661,"date":"2020-05-28T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11661"},"modified":"2020-05-28T18:06:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T18:06:00","slug":"carpentry-training-program-begins-to-build-up-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=11661","title":{"rendered":"Carpentry training program begins to build up steam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Photo-for-carpentry-story.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Photo-for-carpentry-story.jpg 980w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Photo-for-carpentry-story-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Photo-for-carpentry-story-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Photo-for-carpentry-story-108x70.jpg 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em> Even though Los Fresnos City Hall is closed, residents can take care of business at any of its offices, including the Community Development Corp., which has recently begun a carpentry training program.<\/em><\/strong> Photos: Tony Vindell \/ LFN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By TONY VINDELL<br><\/strong>LFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LOS FRESNOS &#8211; A program to train adults to learn carpentry has finally taken off the ground, but it went from a classroom to virtual teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first round of adults recently finished the course, but the second group is taking the course work at home due to the current situation with the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 25 adults who took the course, 23 received their certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program is part of an initiative called National Center Construction Education and Research, or NCCER, and its goal is to help the unemployed find a technical job such as carpentry or other fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An adult admitted to the program, which is free, has to meet certain requirements. Classes are given at night and it\u2019s for people not working.<br>Desi Martinez, an advisor for the Los Fresnos Community Development Corp., said they needed at least 30 applicants for the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the last meeting of the CDC board held April 11, he said the program was going well but changed course due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone interested in participating in the program should stop by Martinez\u2019s office at the new city hall at 520 E. Ocean Blvd. or call 956-778-8929.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By TONY VINDELLLFN LOS FRESNOS &#8211; A program to train adults to learn carpentry has finally taken off the ground, but it went from a classroom to virtual teaching. The first round of adults recently finished the course, but the second group is taking the course work at home due to the current situation with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11662,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11661\/revisions\/11662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}