Need skills? Need a job? Utah college launches a new way to help students get both — quickly

With a big hospital coming to West Valley City, for instance, newly minted Salt Lake Technical College aims to prep students for work in health care.

“The more global our world becomes and the more refugees we are supporting, the more flexible we have to be about how we assess knowledge and what is knowledge. [Whether it is] lived experience versus book knowledge,” Huftalin said.

The Salt Lake Technical College continues the mission of the former School of Applied Technology. At the Westpointe Center, the diesel lab resembles a shop with trucks, engines, transmissions and brakes. Students learn basic and advanced engine, electrical and hydraulic systems. Now, Clint not only helps Jared at the shop with systems he already knows but also is preparing for more work opportunities himself, incorporating truck engines to his resume.

That was Alvaro Huizar’s intention when he enrolled in the program a couple of months ago — to work in the automotive industry, an interest he acquired at Taylorsville High School. The college is also communicating with employers to determine hiring needs and to connect students with jobs. For those who wish to learn contextual vocabulary in other languages, there are also accelerated basic Spanish courses that rotate across campuses throughout the year.

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