Pictured (l-r): Mike Lamb, Vice President of Industrial Operations; Staci Gross, Assistant Program Director; Betsey Dunckel; Kyle Juliano; Levi Tharp; Catherine Loomis, Arc Herkimer Vice President of Community Engagement and Career Development; Kevin Crosley, Arc Herkimer President/CEO.
A graduation celebration for Arc Herkimer’s Distribution Center Candidate Training Program (DCCTP) was held this month. Three candidates, Betsey, Kyle, and Levi, participated in the first round of the program, which ran in three rotations at three Herkimer Industries sites. Each spent 16 weeks in training positions at sites in Herkimer, Little Falls, and Ilion, where they gained production and distribution skills in warehouse operations, fork truck certification, packing, shipping, scaling, and much more. The goal of the program was to offer mentoring and on-the-job training to set candidates up for future employment. All three candidates will be moving on to employment within the community.