Workforce Development Center Offers Self-Defense Training for Airlines' Personnel on Dec. 11th

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Nov 23, 2011, 02:45 ET

BOSTON, Nov. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Workforce Development Center at Bunker Hill Community College is offering a Crew Member Self-Defense Training (CMSDT) program for all actively employed flight and cabin crew members of U.S. passenger and cargo carriers. The one-day hands-on training course, which is free of cost to qualified crew members, will be offered on Sunday, December 11: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The CMSDT program, administered by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), is sponsored by the Transportation Security Administration's Federal Air Marshal Service. BHCC partners with AACC to deliver the program locally in the Boston area. As the only community college offering the course in Massachusetts, BHCC plays a prominent role within the CMSDT community of more than 20 training sites nation-wide located at community colleges and participating airline training facilities.

Program benefits include:
Self defense tactics to avoid becoming a victim on or off the job;
Self confidence from the physical techniques taught and the mental framework built into the program;
Behavior recognition module aimed at increasing awareness of one's surroundings, so that one is protected in the cabin and in personal situations that can arise in parking lots, hotels, etc.

Participants can attend this free program as many times as they would like to master the physical skills and build muscle memory. Instruction is provided by experienced law enforcement or military trainers following a rigorous certification program led by the Federal Air Marshal Service.

For general information on the program, visit: www.tsa.gov/cmsdt. For information on the BHCC training, contact Mark Wigfall at [email protected].

Bunker Hill Community College is the largest community college in Massachusetts. The College enrolls approximately 13,000 students on two campuses and at four satellite locations. BHCC is one of the most diverse institutions of higher education in Massachusetts. Six in ten students are people of color and more than half of BHCC's students are women. The College also enrolls more than 780 international students who come from more than 90 countries and speak 75 different languages.

Press Contact: Colleen Roach
Executive Director of Communications & Marketing
Bunker Hill Community College
250 New Rutherford Avenue; Boston, MA 02129
Phone: (617) 228 2177; Email: [email protected]

SOURCE Bunker Hill Community College