Area Residents Attend Session On New HCC Manufacturing Program

RAPT ATTENTION – Irshad Azeez of West Haven (left), Peter W. St. Noe of Stratford (center), and Luis Perez of Trumbull (right) listen intently to a presentation about Housatonic Community College’s new advanced manufacturing program during a recent program information session. The new program, which begins Aug. 29, prepares students for positions such as machine operator, CNC (Computer Numeric Control) operator, CNC programmer, assembler, and Quality Control inspector, which can pay in the $15-$20 per-hour range. The program is being offered through HCC’s new Regional Advanced Manufacturing Center, which serves students from a 43-town region in Fairfield, New Haven and Middlesex counties that extends from the New York State line to the Connecticut River and north to Middletown, Meriden, and the Danbury/Waterbury area.