Representatives from the electrical trade recently joined other building trades at a presentation for school counselors hosted by Mahoning Valley Skilled Trades, The Builders Association and Western Reserve Building Trades. The March 19 event, held at Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 396’s training center in Boardman, was designed to give the region’s guidance counselors a clearer…
Droves of students flocked to the electrical exhibit at the Mahoning Valley Skilled Trades Expo on September 17-19. They were learning to bend conduit, testing out a virtual reality tool that walks them through various electrical tasks, talking with apprentices about basic wiring and what a career is like, as well as getting an up-close…
The teachers became the students at an information session about skilled trades careers. Around 70 area guidance counselors and educators gathered at the Sheet Metal JAC Training Center in Boardman to learn about the many opportunities for young people in the building trades. Eric Davis, training director at the Warren Electrical JATC, was among the…