Ajo Copper News, July 13, 2022, Page 3
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Paid construction journeyman course is hiring
Journeyman-apprentice Kyle Watkins (left) and instructor Josh Manuel completed renovation
work on a home as part of ISDA’s Apprentice-to-Journeyman program.
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Product Photography
for E-Commerce
Want to learn how to use your smartphone for product photography?
Saturday, July 23rd
9am-1pm
Please visit:
https://isda.app.proximity.space/events
ISDAnet.org/business
$50 for general public
$25 for members
For almost a decade Josh
Manuel has been active in a pro-
gram that trains members of the
community in the basics of vari-
ous building trades while also
working on construction repair
projects in town. That program is
now accepting new applicants for
its paid educational coursework.
The Journeyman
Apprenticeship training set up by
the International Sonoran Desert
Alliance is a multi-year, 4,000
hour paid work-apprenticeship
program that Manuel took and
was graduated from six years ago.
Now he coordinates the program.
People who are interested in
applying can find out more by
calling ISDA at 520-387-3570,
or by emailing Manuel at josh@
isdanet.org.
An apprentice must be at
least 18 years old to be accepted.
There’s no maximum age limit.
ISDA started the Journeyman
Apprenticeship nine years ago in
part because of a need for skilled
trades-workers in the low-income
community. Manuel said the new
journeymen can also take learned
skills with them anywhere they
go. Graduates of the Ajo-based-
program have contacted him from
other cities in Arizona saying they
have been hired to do construction
work there. One had started his
own company.
The program is registered
with both the Arizona State
Apprenticeship Office and the US
Department of Labor.
Manuel said knowing how a
building works in areas like fram-
ing, plumbing, concrete, painting
and electrical wiring increases a
person’s ability to be hired or con-
tinue education in construction or
renovation fields.
Over the years the apprentice-
ship program has renovated spac-
es all over town, some owned by
ISDA and others that belong to
residents of the community tak-
ing part in county-funded home
repair, lead-abatement, and en-
ergy efficiency programs. One of
Manuel’s first assignments as a
student in the program nine years
ago was at the Sonoran Desert Inn
and Conference Center. There,
workers rehabilitated the former
Curley Elementary School build-
ing into visitor accommodations
and learned skills ranging from
demolition to finish-detail and
much in-between.
Only three are enrolled in the
program now. Two of those have
completed their working-hours
and are finishing up educational
deskwork.
Photography class for e-commerce
is being offered by ISDA on July 23
“Want to learn how to use
your wsmartphone for prod-
uct photography?” asks Cristal
Franco. On Saturday, July 23,
the Ajo Business Support Center
will be offering its first work-
shop: Product Photography for
E-Commerce. It will be a hands-
on class focused on DIY best
practices on product photogra-
phy. Participants will leave with a
ready-to-use photo for their web-
site.
Business Support Center mem-
bers will get a discount on the
class fee.
The workshop will be di-
vided into three main parts:
Composition & Style, Location,
Props, & Models, and Basic
Editing. This will include lighting
setup, camera angle demonstra-
tions, in-person modeling, and
hands-on photo editing.
It will be led by ISDA Print
Shop technician Bobby Q.
Narcho. “Bobby is an Indigenous
artist who practices photography,
videography, and music amongst
other things,” said Franco. He can
be found on Instagram at @bob-
by_narcho_1.
To sign up, or to ask for more
information, send an email to
Franco at cristal@isdanet.org or
stop by the main ISDA office,
which is open Monday through
Friday, 9 a.m. 5 p.m. They are lo-
cated in the historic Ajo Plaza at
38 N. Plaza St.
For more information, visit
https://isda.app.proximity.space/
events
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