The Zachry Craft Experience – Day 4 (Wednesday)
Ten members of Associated Builders and Contractors’ National staff are spending the week taking part in The Zachry Craft Experience—a week-long training experience to give office professionals an idea of what it takes day in and day out to be a craft professional. The staff will be chronicling their time learning what our industry is […]
The Zachry Craft Experience – Day 3 (Tuesday)
Ten members of Associated Builders and Contractors’ National staff are spending the week taking part in The Zachry Craft Experience—a week-long training experience to give office professionals an idea of what it takes day in and day out to be a craft professional. The staff will be chronicling their time learning what our industry is […]
The Zachry Craft Experience – Day 2 (Monday)
Ten members of Associated Builders and Contractors’ National staff are spending the week taking part in The Zachry Craft Experience—a week-long training experience to give office professionals an idea of what it takes day in and day out to be a craft professional. The staff will be chronicling their time learning what our industry is […]
1.1 Million Grant Helps Provide NCCER Curriculum to Students in Michigan
The Greater Michigan Construction Academy (GMCA), the educational wing of the ABC Greater Michigan Chapter, will serve as the preferred trainer for the YouthBuild program which recently awarded a 1.1 million grant to GMCA and its partners, Saginaw’s Habitat for Humanity, The Saginaw Intermediate School District and The Saginaw Valley Rehabilitation Center’s Learn to Earn […]
Growing Awareness for the Skilled Trades
In Alabama, high school students are learning that a career in construction could provide them with a solid future. The Vice President of Membership and Workforce Development of the ABC North Alabama Wade Thompson met with more than 700 students at a local high school to encourage them to consider the skilled trades as career. […]
Finding a Career Through Craft Training [video]
The National Craft Championship brings the best craft trainees from across the country together in one place every year to compete for one of the top three spots in their craft. In May 2014, Franklin Noble walked away a silver medalist and the safety award winner in the Commercial/Industrial Electrical competition, but the road to […]
NCCER and ABC Working Together to Promote Careers in Construction
NCCER announced in a press release on Aug. 27, that the organization is partnering with Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Trimmer Construction Education Foundation to offer the Build Your Future (BYF) scholarship to students interested in pursuing a career in construction. The partnership amounts to $100,000 in scholarships for the next five years to individuals […]
Pre-Apprenticeship Program Comes to Indiana High School District
An Indiana school district is kicking off the 2014-2015 school year with a new program to provide hands-on education to students interested in pursuing a career in the skilled trades. With the help of the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Indiana/Kentucky Chapter, 25 high school juniors will be a part of the first class of […]
The Skilled Labor Shortage from 4 Perspectives
In the article “Construction Industry Missing Key Tool: Skilled Workers,” we get a look at what the skilled labor shortage really means from four different points of view: a user, contractor, trade association and an apprentice—all explaining how the shortage affects them and the reasons behind it. For a school district employee in Wyoming, an […]
Craft Training Offers Unexpected Opportunity to an Indiana High School Student
In a recent article published in a local publication in Indiana, the story of Russell Eastman showed how craft training can clear a path to a successful future many never imagine could be possible. With the help of Associated Builders and Contractors Indiana/Kentucky Chapter and an internship with Gaylor Electric, Eastman was able to take hold […]
