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Article: High School Students Get Hands-On Building and Construction Trades Education in New Washington State Pilot Programs.
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- Journal of Technology
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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High school students in Washington State can now participate in one of two pilot programs on the West Coast for building and construction trades.
"Graduates are going to have fine marketable skills, very marketable that our industry needs for tomorrow's technology," said Eric Peterson, Sheet Metal Workers JATC. "They are going to be able to live well and provide for their families."
Highline School District's Puget Sound Skills Center in Burien and Wenatchee's Skills Center will offer the pilot programs for core skills for pre apprenticeship in the building and construction trades.
Sean McGarvey, Secretary Treasurer of the national Building and ...