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Building Capacity for our Construction Industry…One Student at a Time AUTHOR: Naheed Huq https://www.semcog.org/blog/artmid/528/articleid/311/building-capacity-for-our-construction-industry%e2%80%a6one-student-at-a-time Earlier this month, I attended the graduation of 17 students from the third cohort of the Detroit Workforce of the Future (DWF) program. This 16-week program provides juniors and seniors from three Detroit high All Posts, News Article

With summer coming to an end and fall quickly arriving, a quick recap of a few great things we are partnered with. We are always seeking new and inventive ways to identify and encourage the next generation of skilled tradespeople. Knowing that not all students get the exposure All Posts, News Article

Detroit at work: How the city can capitalize on new development to secure stable, well-paying jobs On July 23 this year, hundreds of people marched downtown to demand higher wages for Detroit area janitors. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1 in Detroit — whose members clean All Posts, News Article

‘Access For All’ Students Cleaning Up Fitzgerald Neighborhood Skilled Trades Apprenticeship Program Takes Place This Week DETROIT—This week, students from the current class of “Access for All,” a building and construction trades apprenticeship readiness program and an initiative of the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund (DRWF), are working to All Posts, Press Release

Operating Engineers 324 Welcomes Job-Seekers to Northern Michigan Training Facility U.P. Residents Will Tour Facility, Learn about Training and Job Opportunities GLADSTONE –– Today, Operating Engineers 324 will welcome students, parents and other job-seekers to an open house at its Northern Michigan Training Facility, 802 Clark Drive, Gladstone, All Posts, Press Release

GLADSTONE, Mich. (WLUC) – Wednesday night Operating Engineers 324 held an open house at their training facility in Gladstone. Sponsored by Gladstone and Rapid River schools, the goal is to show students their career options and the availability of training on a local level. Rapid River / Gladstone All Posts, News Article

DETROIT METRO TIMES We live in a post-vocational education world. The problem? That same world still needs skilled trades workers. In fact, in a 2015 report on employment and occupations in skilled trades released by the state of Michigan, researchers estimate that by 2022 skilled trades jobs will All Posts, News Article

Detroit Career Readiness Program Graduates First High School Class Detroit High Schoolers Are on Track for Good-Paying Careers after Completing 16-Week Apprenticeship Program DETROIT –– The first class of Detroit high schoolers have graduated from the Workforce of the Future & Career Readiness Coalition program. A graduation ceremony All Posts, Press Release

  (HOWELL) – Fifteen women climbed aboard the “big toys”– massive cranes and excavators— at the Operating Engineers 324 Construction Career Center to try their hand at one of Michigan’s most crucial and skilled construction professions last Friday.   The group of women were completing week four of All Posts, Press Release