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How Apprenticeships Empower Adult Learners and Bridge the Construction Workforce Gap
30 Apr 2025 | By Jonathan Arnholz

How Apprenticeships Empower Adult Learners and Bridge the Construction Workforce Gap

With half a million new workers needed in 2025 to meet construction industry demands and 94 percent of contractors struggling to fill open...

Career & Technical Education
Immersion Experience Drives Construction Career Interest in Maine
18 Mar 2025 | By Jonathan Arnholz

Immersion Experience Drives Construction Career Interest in Maine

This article was originally published in ACTE Techniques – February 2025 Edition.    Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Maine, located in Augusta, Maine,...

Career & Technical Education
Unraveling the Red Tape for Apprenticeship Opportunities
13 Feb 2025 | By Jonathan Arnholz

Unraveling the Red Tape for Apprenticeship Opportunities

Apprenticeship programs offered by employers play a vital role in developing the construction workforce. They present paid opportunities for young people to learn...

Career & Technical Education
SkillsUSA Illinois Empowers Youth with Construction Opportunities
04 Feb 2025 | By Jonathan Arnholz

SkillsUSA Illinois Empowers Youth with Construction Opportunities

Founded in 1965, SkillsUSA has become one of the United States’ top student workforce development organizations. With nearly 400,000 current student, instructor and...

Career & Technical Education
Community Conscious: Waterloo’s Second Chance for Hawks and Homes 
14 Jan 2025 | By Jonathan Arnholz

Community Conscious: Waterloo’s Second Chance for Hawks and Homes 

The WE Build Waterloo program, a building trades quality pre-apprenticeship program at Hawkeye Community College, is giving individuals in Waterloo, Iowa, a chance...

Workforce Development
Creating a Viable Workforce through Apprenticeships for the Solar Industry
19 Nov 2024 | By Jonathan Arnholz

Creating a Viable Workforce through Apprenticeships for the Solar Industry

A Growing Industry The solar energy industry is experiencing tremendous growth. As a power source, solar rivals other energy industry players and is...

Career & Technical Education
Higher Education in the Toolbelt Generation
20 Aug 2024 | By Jonathan Arnholz

Higher Education in the Toolbelt Generation

The four-year college degree is widely considered to be a pathway to a sustainable economic future for young people. This very often holds...

Craft & Industry
Contractors: Focus on the Skills Gap, Not the People Shortage, for Immediate Impact
25 Jun 2024 | By Jonathan Arnholz

Contractors: Focus on the Skills Gap, Not the People Shortage, for Immediate Impact

This article was originally published by NCCER via ENR and Construction Dive.   As the construction industry navigates through a labor shortage, the...

Career Pathways
The Resiliency of Apprenticeship: Upward Mobility in Today’s Industrial Workplace
23 Feb 2023 | By Amy Wang

The Resiliency of Apprenticeship: Upward Mobility in Today’s Industrial Workplace

Today’s industrial workplace will develop tomorrow’s industrial leaders. However, those leaders will not have the simplicity of home-grown group dynamics as enjoyed in...

Career Pathways
Apprenticeship Programs Can't Do It Alone
17 Nov 2022 | By Amy Wang

Apprenticeship Programs Can't Do It Alone

In recognition of National Apprenticeship Week, November 14-20, The National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER) congratulates all apprentices currently training in...