Tag: Trades
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Trades skills course provides second chances
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The construction industry faces a stark shortage of workers, but programs and people across the country are working at the local level to solve the problem. This series highlights those efforts helping to recruit the next generation…
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Trades group sues federal government over PLA exemption
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A construction union group filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Wednesday against two federal agencies and their chiefs for ignoring a still-in-effect executive order from former President Joe…
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Industry groups launch National Career In Trades Week
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Aaron Hilger thinks it’s time to double down on recruiting Generation Z to the trades. “I’m a parent of three 20-year-olds, so I’m on the front lines of discussions about trades and careers,” said Hilger, CEO of…
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More SMEs should explore student work placement for trades, says CIOB member
DHG Build Solutions is working with Gateshead College to offer work placement for students of construction trades. Andy Britten MCIOB, senior project manager at DHG, said the initiative came about after the company’s electrical department took on an apprentice. “As a bigger company in the ‘small’ company bracket, we never previously considered apprentices or work…
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Carhartt Awards “Steel Apple” & Donates $150K to Skilled Trades
To highlight the important role of young talent in skilled industries, Carhartt today unveiled its inaugural “Steel Apple” awards, a new initiative to honor educators shapingthe next generation of skilled trade workers. The awards are an extension of Carhartt’s “For the Love of Labor” program – an ongoing initiative that supports nonprofit organizations as they…
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Parents Support Trade Careers – Research and Careers in Trades Week
Backed by strong bipartisan support, career and technical education programs are flourishing, and careers are projected to experience faster-than-average job growth from 2023 to 2033. They also offer earning potential that exceeds the median wage across all occupations, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It is, perhaps for these reasons, that 89%…
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Women in skilled trades: are numbers improving?
Construction can learn important lessons from manufacturing when it comes to attracting women to hands-on roles, writes Ridha Shah. The UK construction industry has experienced significant workforce structure changes over the past decade. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 15% of UK construction professionals are women, with a small percentage in the manual…
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Has Productivity Stalled In The Construction Trades?
Those of us in the construction industry, whether we want to admit it or not, are faced with an unpleasant truth: we haven’t increased our productivity in more than 50 years. According to a research brief published by the Becker-Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago earlier this year (The Strange and Awful…