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Commit to COMITT in the New Year
Now is the Time to Register!
January 5, 2005, Edgewater, MD; Chicago, IL; and Brooklin, ME: Space is filling up for the Conference on Marine Industry Technical Training (COMITT), and ABYC, NMMA and Professional BoatBuilder magazine, the conference co-producers, would like to encourage industry to make a new year's resolution to sign up today.
"With only 4 weeks before COMITTwe have a large number of educational institutions and trade associations ready to hear the educational needs of industry and hungry to find out how they can help the efforts to attract, recruit and retain a highly proficient and effective workforce for the 21st century," said Skip Burdon, ABYC President.
"We are excited to see such an enthusiastic response from educational institutions from across the country. They are ready to develop and deliver the education and training industry has been calling for. If you haven't registered for COMITT you are missing a real opportunity to participate in one of our industry's defining moments for 2005. That is why I encourage all manufacturers and builders of all sizes to register today," remarked NMMA President, Thom Dammrich.
Carl Cramer, publisher of PBB and co-Director of IBEX said, "Attending schools and marine trade associations are working hard to try to develop meaningful training programs for builders, yards, marinas and surveyors. Many industry segments have responded eagerly to COMITT by registering early. We would however, like to see additional support from boat builders and engine system manufacturers. If you need a more well defined, well trained, and highly motivated workforce now and in the future, you need to attend COMITT."
Registrations will be accepted through January 19, 2005. Participants can receive more information and register online at www.abycinc.org, or have a conference brochure mailed to them by contacting Bonnie Barsa, ABYC Education Director at (410) 956-1050, ext. 31 or bbarsa@abycinc.org.
Co-produced by ABYC, NMMA and PBB, COMITT will provide a forum to discuss, present and demonstrate industry support of technical workforce education, training, certification and professional development. COMITT's purpose is to become the internationally recognized leading summit to highlight the marine industry's commitment to developing and maintaining a highly-skilled and technically proficient workforce.
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