Observer-Reporter reports.
...hundreds of applicants from Washington and Greene counties can't be considered for employment as so-called "white-cap" entry-level miners, earning more than $22 per hour and full benefits, because they're coming up short on basic reading and math skills.
" /> Observer-Reporter reports.
...hundreds of applicants from Washington and Greene counties can't be considered for employment as so-called "white-cap" entry-level miners, earning more than $22 per hour and full benefits, because they're coming up short on basic reading and math skills.
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Greene, Washington Counties: Low Literacy Keeps Workers out of Mining Jobs

Joanna Gaskell - Education Editor | April 11, 2011 | 1:58 pm
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Low literacy may be keeping hundreds of applicants in Washington and Greene County (U.S.A.) from taking up the new wealth of entry-level mining jobs to be created in the next several years, Observer-Reporter reports.

…hundreds of applicants from Washington and Greene counties can’t be considered for employment as so-called “white-cap” entry-level miners, earning more than $22 per hour and full benefits, because they’re coming up short on basic reading and math skills.

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