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Sailing Earns GED in 5 Weeks

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (09/20/2018) — Jason Sailing attended a new student orientation session in August in the SkillTrain offices located at the Hartford Community Center. He attended with one goal in mind, earning his GED.

Jason was able to accomplish that goal in just 5 weeks. His future plans include resuming a career in the coal mining industry. "SkillTrain-Ohio County would like to congratulate Jason Sailing, and hope that others can be inspired to come out and see if we can help them achieve the goal of earning their GED" added Steve Finch, Instructor.

GED prep classes and materials are made available through Kentucky Skills U and offered through Owensboro Community & Technical College's SkillTrain department. In Ohio County the main office is located in the Hartford Community Center at 130 East Washington Street in room 106 and services are also offered in the Ohio County Public Library Annex on a more limited basis.

Services are available at Hartford Community Center on Tuesdays from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., Wednesdays from 8 a.m. - 12 noon, Thursdays from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., and Friday 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

SkillTrain services are available at the library annex on Tuesdays from 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

If you are interested in learning more about adult education classes, please call 270-298-4470.

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Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

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The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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Jason Sailing attended a new student orientation session in August in the SkillTrain offices located at the Hartford Community Center. He attended with one goal in mind, earning his GED. Jason was able to accomplish that goal in just 5 weeks. His future plans include resuming a career in the coal mining industry. "SkillTrain-Ohio County would like to congratulate Jason Sailing, and hope that others can be inspired to come out and see if we can help them achieve the goal of earning their GED" added Steve Finch, Instructor.

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