VIDEO: Pipeline for Job Readiness
Channel: Minnesota 2020
Date: 2013-04-17

Entering the construction trades isn't the way it used to be. Fewer shop classes in schools is one cuase of lower interest, more younger generations of Minnesotans know how to sync an iPod than use a skill saw.
Carpenters from LJ Shosten Training Center and Local 322 are taking initiative to train men and women in for future careers in construction trades. Recently they partnered up with a class from Summit Academy, a technical/vocational school in North Minneapolis.