NEWS: Shoreline
Community College Joins National Alternative
Fuels Training Consortium
Shoreline
Community College (SCC), recently named
Washington State’s first National Training
Center (NTC) for the National Alternative Fuels
Training Consortium (NAFTC), now offers
Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicle
training to the public through Shoreline
Community College Extended Learning. [read more
of this article]
SCC has access to
a full range of NAFTC curriculum ranging from
consumer-based overviews of clean energy
vehicles powered by biodiesel, ethanol, natural
gas, hydrogen, and hybrid gasoline-electric
systems, to certification in advanced automotive
technology and other courses that may be
tailored and offered onsite to meet various
clients’ needs. SCC and Puget Sound Clean Cities
Coalition will also host 2006 Washington State
Odyssey Days October 13-14, 2006, part of the
NAFTC's nationwide Odyssey events held
concurrently in 50+ cities to raise public
awareness about the importance of using
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology
Vehicles to help lessen our dependence on
foreign oil and to reduce harmful emissions
released into the atmosphere.
SCC Interim
President Lee Lambert delivered the keynote
address at NAFTC’s Congressional Informational
Conference in Washington, D.C., where
congressional aides and Consortium members
learned how the nationwide program helps meet
crucial energy independence and environmental
goals.
Lambert stated,
“The Pacific Northwest is leading the way in
adopting cleaner technology vehicles. For
example, last year Washington State was third in
the nation for the most new hybrids, while
Seattle ranked fifth in U.S. cities with the
highest number of new hybrids (Source: R.L. Polk
& Company), yet currently no other Northwest
institution offers the general public
alternative fuel vehicle technician training and
certification. A growing number of consumers
want current information about their choices and
the number of certified technicians qualified to
repair and maintain these new vehicles must
grow, too. Shoreline is very pleased to begin
offering training for both audiences through the
NAFTC.”
QUESTIONS?
Phone: (206) 533-6700
E-mail:
extendedlearn@shoreline.edu
© 2008
Shoreline Community
College
16101 Greenwood Avenue North, Shoreline,
Washington 98133-5696 * Tel: (206)
546-4101 Fax: (206) 546-4630
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