New York State Community College Offers Students Slot Machine Technician Certificate
As the slots gambling market in Western New York is flourishing, the local Erie Community College (ECC) is about to institute a program in which students are to learn all there is to know about slot machine repair. ECC’s chairman of the slots repair technology program, David English, was reported as saying that the college simply tries to serve the rising demand for slots technicians.
The slots program is designed to cover all different aspects of slots repair, from electronic circuits to computer science. Graduating students will be awarded a gambling devices technician diploma. When the program is over, graduates will likely be employed by one of the local gambling establishments such as the Buffalo Raceway, the Seneca casinos in Niagara Falls or Salamanca.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, in 2002, American gambling facilities employed about 21,000 slot machines technicians and paid them in average $22,870 per year. It is only natural that with the growth and expansion of the gaming industry, slots technicians would benefit too.
