Las Vegas bets on a CETA pair

Journal Article · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1976 · Worklife; (United States)

OSTI ID:7121349

Stevenson, G

Since mid-1975, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), prime sponsor for Las Vegas and surrounding Clark County has placed about $207,000 in title I funds on two innovative programs. One offers training for radiological safety technicians and the other prepares enrollees to be directional drillers sometimes called slant drillers. The programs utilized facilities at the Nevada Test Site. The radiological safety technician program has paid off in unusually high wages and placement rates for trainees, while the directional driller program is aiming for an even bigger enrollee jackpot--offshore oil drilling jobs paying up to $200 a day. Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc. developed the radiological safety technician program in line with ERDA's efforts to increase the Nation's energy supplies and to train managerial and technical workers who will be needed in energy development during the next few years. Nineteen persons have graduated from the program. REECo also developed the slant drilling program. Job placement efforts are presently beginning for the class participants. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 7121349
• Journal Information: Worklife; (United States), Journal Name: Worklife; (United States) Vol. 1:12; ISSN WORKD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
020300 -- Petroleum-- Drilling & Production
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290000* -- Energy Planning & Policy
290600 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Nuclear Energy
294002 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Petroleum
42 ENGINEERING
420203 -- Engineering-- Handling Equipment & Procedures
DRILLING
EDUCATION
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
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OCCUPATIONS
OFFSHORE DRILLING
PERSONNEL MONITORING
PETROLEUM
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIATION PROTECTION
SAFETY