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With a welding certificate from Antelope Valley College in hand, Edward McKee found a job at BYD’s Lancaster bus and coach factory in 2016. Now BYD and AVC have helped him sharpen his skills and build a career in the green technology industry. He already had a good job building bus frames, which allowed him to buy his first home, but McKee was given an opportunity to train in an apprenticeship program created through a partnership between BYD, SMART Local 105, and Antelope Valley College. “It’s a stepping stone for me,” McKee said of the apprenticeship program. “Knowledge is power ... Read more