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SkillsUSA Welcomes Students for Construction Pathways Event Nov. 8
SkillsUSA Illinois invites hundreds of central Illinois students to the Peoria area this Friday to get an up-close look at construction jobs
PEORIA -- Hundreds of central Illinois students will get an up-close lesson this Friday on what it takes to have a successful career in construction.
SkillsUSA Illinois' latest Pathways Career Experience is set for our area to help introduce students to what they need to know and do to become professionals in construction. Learn more about this exciting event in the preview offered by SkillsUSA:
Exposure to careers in the construction industry and the skills and path to secure them is the mission for hundreds of students traveling to Peoria from across central Illinois high schools for the latest SkillsUSA Illinois Pathways Career Experience event on Friday, Nov. 8.
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For the third year, Pekin-based SkillsUSA Illinois will partner with the Youth Workforce Development Foundation and a number of local contractors and trades unions to bring students in touch with construction careers. The Construction Pathways: Career Experience 2024 event will run from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at the Caterpillar Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center (5801 N. Smith Road, Edwards, IL 61528).
Participating contractors will have a career fair where students participate in a mock job interview, helping them learn what it takes to get hired in the industry. Unions participating will showcase careers in the industry, showing students quickly how to learn a skill and demonstrate they can use it.
Find out what's happening in Peoriafor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The all-day program is made possible by a state grant under the Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship program. SkillsUSA Illinois’ mission is to help employers statewide address a growing skills gap with its nonprofit partnership of students, instructors, and industry to introduce and encourage young people about employment needs and the skilled workforce required to meet them. SkillsUSA Illinois recently welcomed more than 500 students from schools across Chicagoland for a Pathways event focused on careers working on diesel engines and heavy machinery.
WHAT: SkillsUSA Illinois’ third Construction Pathways: Career Experience 2024 event for area high school students
WHO: Representatives from SkillsUSA and founding partner Otto Baum Companies, Inc.
Two dozen contractors and nearly a dozen construction trade union locals
More than 400 students from more than 20 central Illinois high schools and career/vocational centers
WHEN: Friday, Nov. 8
9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Caterpillar Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center
5801 N. Smith Road
Edwards, IL 61528
Learn more about SkillsUSA Illinois and its innovative work to connect students with meaningful careers: https://www.skillsusaillinois.org/.
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SkillsUSA Illinois Construction Pathways: Career Experience 2024 details:
EVENT PARTICIPANTS
· Sponsors:
o SkillsUSA Illinois
o Founding Partner: Otto Baum Companies, Inc.
o Millwright Local 1693
o LiUNA!
o IUOE Local 649 JATC
o Better Built
o JC Dillon
· Unions:
o Bricklayers Local 8 Apprenticeship
o IBEW Local 34
o ILCJATP (Illinois Laborers & Contractors Joint Apprenticeship Training Program)
o Insulators Local 17
o International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
o Ironworkers Local 112 JATC
o IUOE Local 649 Apprenticeship and Training
o Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council
o Millwright Local 1693
o OPCMIA Local 18
o Roofers Local 69
o United Association of Plumbers Local 63
· Contractors:
o AFE Construction, LLC
o Central Illinois Builders of AGC
o CORE Construction
o GIVSCO Construction
o Hoerr Construction, Inc.
o JC Dillon, Inc.
o Knapp Concrete
o Laverdiere Construction, Inc.
o Leander Construction, Inc.
o Mid-Illinois Companies
o O’Shea Builders
o Oberlander Electric
o Otto Baum Company, Inc.
o PJ Hoerr, Inc.
o RoadSafe Traffic Systems
o Stark Excavating, Inc.
o Tri Power Electrical Companies
o United Construction Midwest
o Western Specialty Contractors
o Williams Brothers Construction Inc.
o Zeller Electric
o Zobrist Construction, Inc.
· Schools
o Beardstown High School
o Bloomington Area Career Center
o East Peoria Community High School
o Eureka High School
o Galesburg Area Vocational Center
o Illini Bluffs High School
o Illinois Central College
o Knoxville High School
o LIFT/Mattoon
o Limestone Community High School
o Manual High School
o Metamora Township High School
o Midwest Central High School
o Morton High School
o Olympia High School
o Pekin Community High School
o Peoria Heights High School
o Tremont High School
o United High School
o Washington Community High School
o Woodruff Career and Technical Center
ABOUT Skills USA Illinois
SkillsUSA Illinois is a state and national membership association serving high school, college, and middle school students who are preparing for careers in trade, technical, and skilled service occupations, including health occupations, and for further education.
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA helps each student excel.
Visit SkillsUSA Illinois online: https://www.skillsusaillinois.org/
About SkillsUSA Illinois and its mission: https://www.skillsusaillinois.org/about-us
Calendar of events and programs: https://www.skillsusaillinois.org/events
For interested educators: https://www.skillsusaillinois.org/educators
For interested students: https://www.skillsusaillinois.org/students
Videos of recent SkillsUSA events: