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CONSTRUCTION CAREER DAY
A Chance to Learn New Skills
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Kyhiem Massaquoi
Getting the Swing of It
Kyhiem Massaquoi, 15, a sophomore at Mount Vernon High School, receives instruction from Laborers Local 60 training instructor Jeff Black, left, and Local 60 member Dwayne Farquharson, as he tries out a confined-space tripod, actual equipment used in the union’s confined- space training class offered at its apprenticeship center in Brewster, NY. Some 700 students attended the 23rd annual Hudson Valley Construction Career Day in Rockland County this past spring. Many enroll in apprenticeship training once they complete high school.
Building Blocks for a Great Career
Raven Astudillo, 17, a junior at Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, receives pointers in laying concrete block from instructor Chris Brozowski of Bricklayers Local 1 at the 23rd annual Hudson Valley Construction Career Day in Rockland County this spring.
Raven Astudillo
