OrionFE
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I'm working my way through the program right now and figured I'd give my two cents on the average timeline to get through the program...
May 12th Walked into Livonia Michigan Works Office to enroll in federal WIA program. They attempted to slide me into a June 29th orientation date, but thanks to Laluna, I managed to contact Cheryl Radtke and got a May 18th date instead.
May 18th Orientation day - Mass group meeting, you'll take the CASAS test which is middle school level verbal and math questions.
May 26th I had my first mass meeting with my caseworker Cheryl. If I hadn't been in contact with Cheryl prior to my original orientation, there is no way my 1st meeting with her would have only been 1 week after orientation. In my first meeting she goes over program. It is a general description and her requirements on paper documentation actually vary, especially for pilots. These are the items you gotta complete:
Assigned homework: Labor Market Information, Career Exploration, Resume and Cover letter, completion of Choice Mechanics I, II, and Interest Inventory. You do NOT need to completel the FAFSA application if you already have a Bachelors degree. In that case, you must provide a copy of college transcripts. She'll tell everybody in the class that they must complete the stuff BEFORE requestion your first 1 on 1 meeting with her. Just disregard, contact her two days later, claim you're ready, and you'll still have 2 weeks minimum to get the documentation together.
May 15th 1 on 1 meeting. Went over documenation, should have signed papers at that point, but printers were broken. Make sure you bring a valid passport!!! I can't emphasize this enough. If you have one, bring it!
May 19th Signed paperwork, I'm officially now waiting for the debit card worth $10,000 for training. Should take up to 45 days to receive.
Aug 10th Tentative training date at SimCom.
Good luck everyone!
It can be time consuming. Did mine strictly through email and phone calls, as I live in another state. Cheryl is very busy, so you need to follow-up, but she does a good job.