Installation Apprentice School To Open Next Year

Dalton, GA, Nov. 25, 2014 -- A non-profit floorcovering installation apprentice school has been set up in Dalton.

Called the Flooring Academy of Specialized Training, and doing business as the FAST Career Institute, the organization is a recruiting, training and placement organization. It is scheduled to open next year.

Managing director Don Barrett said the goal is to train more than 300 flooring apprentices each year, with 30-40 students coming each month from all over North America.

He said he believes an apprentice program will be more effective than another training school.

"I believe the seed that gets us more great installers is a great helper that stays around long enough to learn," Barrett said.