Construction industry leaders and educators agree on the value of Build Up Kansas as a pipeline for energizing the skilled trade workforce. The initiative supports and connects the secondary and post-secondary skilled trade instructors training Kansans and the industry professionals hiring them. As one educator says, “Nobody else in the country is doing what Build Up […]
AGC of Kansas-Build Up Kansas held the Skilled Trades Instructor Workshop in November, hosting industry professionals on the education side as well as those in businesses across the state that employ skilled tradespeople.
AGC of Kansas-Build Up Kansas’ inaugural conference drew over 100 skilled trades instructors from high school, community college and technical college programs across the state.
KWCH-12/CBS anchor Lily Wu interviewed AGC of Kansas Executive Vice President Mike Gibson to discuss efforts to recruit young people to professional careers in construction – a vocation they may not automatically consider.
The work is there. The workers aren’t. That’s the findings reported by KWCH-12/CBS anchor Lily Wu. When she spoke to Jeremy Hill, director of Wichita State University’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research (CEDBR), he confirmed that the construction industry is looking for people to hire, but they’re not finding enough of them.
