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Construction Career Day
A CHANCE TO LEARN NEW SKILLS
Above: An instructor from Ornamental Ironworkers Local 580 demonstrates welding techniques with students from Westchester and the Lower Hudson Valley.
The construction contracting community teams up with union labor each year for an exciting one-day career exposition called the Hudson Valley Construction Career Day. Each spring since 2000, hundreds of high school students in the region converge to learn about well-paying career opportunities in the building trades, and they actually get the chance for hands-on experience in many
of the 18 specialty trades that attend. Union representatives and private-sector companies introduce teens to carpentry, plumbing, painting, bricklaying, electrical work — and even heavy construction equipment operations at outdoor test sites. In short, there’s something for everyone.
The event is co-hosted by both the Construction Industry Council and the Building Contractors Association of Westchester & the Mid-Hudson Region. For more information, visit www.cicbca.org/resources.
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