Three Rivers Community College Manufacturing Apprenticeship Center student Jamie Harris, of Uncasville, in his sixth week of a ten week program, works on grinding plates to prepare them for welding while in the Welding Metal Fabrication and Ship Building classroom at Grasso Tech in Groton on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Earlier there was a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Three Rivers Community College Manufacturing Apprenticeship Center. (Dana Jensen/The Day)