Bull. If a high school diploma is required for the position and he doesn't have one then it was his lying and deception that cost him the job.
In early September, Levi finally landed a job as a roustabout on an ASRC project in Valdez, Johnston said.
Levi did well, showed a good attitude and didn't complain about working in the weather, he said.
After that job ended and layoffs started coming, ASRC offered him a choice of two other positions, one in Cook Inlet and another through the electrical apprenticeship program in the Milne Point oil field, Johnston said.
Levi took the Milne Point gig starting around the first of November. He also decided it would be better to work online toward a regular high school diploma than to seek a GED, his father said.
As for the requirement of a high school diploma to be in the apprenticeship program, Keith Johnston said, "It's just something that slipped through the cracks." He said the lack of a diploma wasn't something that managers at ASRC caught and neither he nor Levi gave it much thought.
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ASRC spokespersons declined to comment on Levi Johnston directly, citing employee privacy.
In a written statement, the company said its electrical apprenticeship program eligibility requirements include a high school diploma or equivalent, "but this is not a requirement mandated by the federal government."
The statement also says, "The information provided by the applicant to the company is relied upon to be true and correct."
Keith Johnston said his son never told ASRC he had a high school education when he really didn't. Rather, he said, the lack of a diploma was something that was simply overlooked as Levi transferred from the Valdez job to the Slope job.
I hope to hell you have something to back up your libelous claim. Please post the source for your claim of "lying and deception" now.