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One of the earlier problems plaguing the program was the graduates’ lack of work ethic and consistent job attendance. Horne Engineering, an employer who used to hire trainees, quit hiring graduates since many of the trainees were not committed to their jobs. Horne’s HR specialist felt the program needed other components to address business skills and work ethics.

Perhaps a new leaf has turned for the program. An employer for EnviroControls, Inc. has hired approximately 25 graduates to date and continues to hire more. The company has been pleased with the quality of trainees and is satisfied with trainee’s work performance as well.

EnviroControls says it believes in the program’s goal and tries to support the graduates as much as possible. To overcome job attendance problems, EnviroControls bought a van to transport graduates to and from their work sites. EnviroControls also assigns new graduates to work beside experienced colleagues to expose the graduates to as much on-the-job training as possible.

In return for hiring the graduates, EnviroControls believes they “gain the satisfaction of trying to help the disadvantaged within their community by offering them a job.”

EnviroControls hired approximately 20 graduates for a mercury spill decontamination at a Washington, D.C.-area high school in 2003. The high school principal was pleased to see eleven of its graduates working for EnviroControls at the cleanup.

Courtesy of the EPA