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Servicemen and Women to Earn Industry-Recognized Logistics Credentials

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3, 2012 — The Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) is pleased to announce that with the support of its partners, 200 service members will have an opportunity to gain MSSC industry-recognized, nationally portable credentials for high-demand logistics jobs.

Listed below are the MSSC authorized assessment centers that have made their sites available the week of July 23, 2012 to active duty service members, with a discharge date no later than December 31, 2012. These industry-recognized credentials will support a transition from military service to frontline jobs in the growing fields of logistics. To register, service members must contact Tina Driessen at Email or (703) 739-9000, ext. 223.

Meridian Community College
Webb Hall
Room 102
910 Highway 19 N
Meridian, MS 39307
July 23rd – July 26th
8:30am to 3:00pm
July 27th
8:30am to 1:00pm
8 seats available each day
Chattahoochee Technical College
Bldg. K
980 South Cobb Drive
Marietta, GA 30060
July 24th and July 25th
9:00am to 3:00pm
12 seats available each day
Trident Technical College – St. Paul's Parish
Room 101
Ted Corbin Building
5231 Highway 165
Hollywood, SC 29449
July 24th – July 26th
10:00am to 4:00pm
July 27th
8:30am to 11:30am
12 seats available each day
Trident Technical College – Dorchester County Quickjobs Training Center
Room 102
5164 S. Jim Bilton Blvd.
St. George, SC  29477
July 24th – July 26th
11:00am to 3:00pm
July 27th
8:00am to 12:00pm
16 seats available each day
Ivy Tech Community College – Kokomo Campus
Room 610
Building: KTBY1 – Library/LRC & Certification Center
1701 Touby Pike.
Kokomo, IN 46901
July 25th
8:00am to 8:00pm
36 seats available
Ivy Tech Community College – Columbus Campus
Room 206 – Poling Hall
4475 Central Ave.
Columbus, IN 47203
July 25th
12:00pm to 5:00pm
July 26th
4:00pm to 9:00pm
10 seats available each day
Wabash Valley
Center for Workforce Development
1700 E. Industrial Drive
Terre Haute, IN 47802
July 23rd, July 25th, July 26th and July 27th
9:00am to 4:30pm
July 24th
9:00am to 9:30pm
July 28th
9:00am and 2:30pm
5 seats available each day
Ivy Tech Corporate College – Central Indiana
Lawrence Campus
Room 152
9301 E. 59th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46216
July 24th
6:00pm to 8:00pm
25 seats available
Arizona Industries for the Blind
515 N. 51st Avenue
Suite #130
Phoenix, AZ 85043
July 24th
9:00am to 12:30pm
10 seats available
Columbus State Community College
WD Room 223
315 Cleveland Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215
July 26th
8:00am to 5:00pm
24 seats available
HACC – Central Pennsylvania's Community College
MID1-226
1523 N 4th Street
Harrisburg, PA 17102
July 23rd
8:00am to 12:00pm
July 24th and July 26th
12:30pm to 5:00pm
July 25th
8:00am to 5:00pm
15 seats available each day
Polk State Corporate College – Airside Campus
ASL 118
3515 Aviation Drive – Station 100
Lakeland, FL 33811
July 25th
1:00pm to 5:00pm
July 26th
5:00pm to 9:00pm
20 seats available each day

This opportunity is an expansion of the partnership established between the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corp and MSSC by the Department of Defense's Military Credentialing and Licensing Task Force.

About MSSC

The Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) is the nation's leading industry-led training, assessment and certification organization focused on the industry-wide core technical competencies needed by the nation's front-line production and material handling workers. The nationwide MSSC certifications, based upon industry-defined and federally endorsed national skill standards, offer both entry-level and incumbent workers the opportunity to demonstrate that they have acquired the knowledge and skills increasingly needed in technology-intensive jobs of the 21st century. Visit http://www.msscusa.org, for more information.

CONTACT:
Tina Driessen
(703) 739-9000 x223
Email

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