Oleksandr Pogovilov emigrated from Ukraine to the United States in 1999 and opened a successful dry cleaning business. After selling his company in 2019, he worked for Uber and Lyft for roughly a year, while also running a side business as a contractor for LED light installations. “Light installations was hard because sometimes two months would go by without a job”, stated Oleksandr. He decided to attend OACES (Office of Adult and Career Education Services) after a friend recommended an electrical class to him, saying it was a great class with an incredible teacher with many hands –on training opportunities.
While Oleksandr had some electrical knowledge from his time as a contractor, he did not have hands-on electrical training. Mr. Millington’s class was a perfect fit for him. He enrolled in early March 2020, then switched to online learning when the pandemic hit, focusing on electrical theory and code reading. Mr. Millington plans to include solar and wind power wiring into his curriculum this year.
