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CareerForce Spotlight: South Central Construction Trades Boot Camp
19 Sep 2024
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CareerForce Spotlight: South Central Construction Trades Boot Camp
Leading CareerForce partner South Central WorkForce Council listened to student feedback and adapted a popular career exploration opportunity to meet the needs of local high school and adult learners. Beginning in 2024, the South Central Construction Trades Boot Camp started being held once a month during the school year on early dismissal days. This change was made to address the transportation challenges students faced when the camp was previously held during the summer months.
The camp is a partnership between the local trade unions, South Central WorkForce Council, South Central Service Cooperative, Adult Basic Education and Mankato Area Public Schools. The two-and-a-half hour long, hands-on sessions are free to students and are hosted in a shop classroom at the Lincoln Community Center in Mankato. Students from Central High School, which is onsite, are welcomed and other students from Mankato East and Mankato West high schools are transported to attend.
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