Evins Snipes
Evins Snipes credits Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College for guiding him to a career, rather than a job. After graduating from the Welding Technology program, he was able to land a position in the fabricating shop on the USS Yorktown CV-10 at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Charleston, S.C.
“I actually got a lot, not just welding experience, but life experience,” Snipes said. “My instructors taught me so much, including responsibility. They gave me a career, not just a job to go to but something I am proud to be doing.”
Snipes works as a multi-process fabricator on a nearly 900-foot aircraft carrier that weighs more than 27,000 tons. During World War II, it was home to 2,500 sailors. Now, it serves as a museum seen by hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
Snipes also performs repairs on the carrier and has built a new turtle back for the submarine USS Clamagore. “A-B Tech has changed my life so much,” he said. “They taught me how to ask for raises, how to go for the job and not just the skills to get the job and that's what made a big difference.”
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