The Delaware County Community College will start offering training courses for slot machines technicians as of next month. The initiative comes as an answer for the needs of the four new casinos scheduled to open in the next few years.

“The School is partnering with Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey to use the College’s existing curriculum to train workers locally,” Walter Yakabosky, Dean of Technical Education, said. The program costs $3,900 and requires students to complete 375 course hours to receive a certificate. “Seventy-five of those hours will be spent on an internship at a casino or video game arcade,” Yakabosky explained.

According to the Dean, those who take this course will be able to work anywhere since it’s specific to the slot equipment. A slot technician position pays between $15 and $20 per hour and sometimes more.

Vince Donlevie, Senior Vice President for Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack, announced that Harrah’s plans to hire approximately 30 slots technicians for its new slot machines that will debut in January. Although the students in the new program will not be eligible to fill positions at Harrah’s, Donlevie said the program would help to fill jobs in the future.