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Farmington: A $600,000 donation from PNM's San Juan Generating Station (SJGS) to San Juan College (SJC) will help fund a new program to offer students a different career opportunity and help replenish a diminishing work force at local power plants. The money, along with another $600,000 donation from Arizona Public Service (APS), will be used as seed money to fund a new associate's degree in Industrial Plant Operation at SJCC. The program, which could bring more economic development opportunities to the area, will begin in the Spring semester of 2002. With the construction of SJGS during the 1970s and '80s, PNM hired many employees that are still working at the plant. These employees will become eligible for retirement over the next several years. New employees are needed to fill these positions. "San Juan College is helping the community develop a new, highly skilled and well-compensated work force. This type of program, developed in direct response to a community need, creates a win-win for everyone," said Pat Goodman, PNM's vice president of power production. Beginning salaries for these types of skilled positions at facilities like SJGS start between $30,000 and $40,000 annually. The training facility will be constructed at the college's 30th St. campus. Burlington Resources donated its former building after construction of its new office building. The seed money will go to construct a specially designed lab using modularized process systems will allow students to develop specific operating skills. The two-year program will teach safety, basic electricity, general mechanical operation, chemistry, science, print reading, instrumentation and control, digital control, plant equipment and processes, computers and general education topics such as math, physics, English and speech communication. For information about the new program contact Linda Baker at San Juan College, (505) 566-3202.
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