Seattle program helps fill construction jobs as industry deals with worker shortage
A summer program is helping potential construction workers get up to speed on much-needed skills to help fill an industry labor shortage.
“You make college education kind of money without even going to school,” said Dustin Bradshaw, 24, who is training to work in construction.
He’s participating in a free 11-week program called PACE, Pre-Apprenticeship and Construction Education. It's run by ANEW, a non-profit that helps launch people into construction careers, with a focus on women and people of color.
Bradshaw and several other students practice hammering nails, measuring lumber, stacking bricks, and shoveling gravel. They also learn first-aid, forklift operation, and math, all necessary building blocks for joining a trade union.
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