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MUSKEGON: The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation (SMART) Local 7’s Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC), in partnership with the Muskegon Area Career Tech Center (CTC), recently signed their first participant, Asa Poulin (North Muskegon), to their new Student Learner Program. Asa, a Welding Technology student at the CTC, will receive 40 hours of industry-related education and on the job training towards the goal of registering with Local 7’s Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship Program. According to Local 7’s Training Coordinator, Darek Scarlavai, this program is the first with association in Michigan, and possibly the nation.