DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,778

VARCO PRUDEN BUILDINGS
EASTERN REGION
ENGINEERING DIVISION
KERNERSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on April 9, 2009, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Varco Pruden Buildings,
Eastern Region, Engineering Division, Kernersville, North Carolina.
The workers produce designs and details for metal buildings.
The investigation revealed that the predominance of the
employment decline at the subject facility is related to a shift in
production to India, and subsequent increased imports of designs
and details of metal buildings.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to India of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles.



In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Varco Pruden Buildings, Eastern Region,
Engineering Division, Kernersville, North Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 8, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 8th day of May 2009

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance