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Michelle Polhamus, second from right, counselor at Beacon High School, and Devin Declerk, right, of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 21 of Peekskill, with students from Beacon High School in Beacon.
James Nester, right, of SMART Sheet Metal Workers Local 38 of Brewster, shows Southern Westchester BOCES students how to cut metal sheeting.
From left: Rockland County Executive Ed Day; Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano; Matthew Pepe of the Building Contractors Association; Assemblyman Colin Schmitt (R-99th District); and Legislative Director Elijah Reichlin-Melnick for New York State Sen. James Skoufis (D-38th), at the 21st annual Hudson Valley Construction Career Day expo March 6, 2020 at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in Suffern.
Jeff Black, center, OSHA instructor and shop steward at Laborers Local 60 Union in Hawthorne, demonstrates a “confined space rescue” with Carmel High School senior Donny Burke as a fellow student looks on.
Mason Cantamessa, left, journeyman at the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 of Queens, demonstrates masonry skills with a student from Rochambeau Alternative High School in White Plains.
Adrian Hernandez, right, of Heavy Construction Laborers Local 60 of Hawthorne, demonstrates a jackhammer with students from Rochambeau Alternative High School in White Plains.
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