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Entries from August 2008

State of the art vocational high school opens in Toledo

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments

The Penta Career Center is an excellent example of proper planning and execution that will hopefully inspire some of its students as they pursue careers in vocations and skilled trades.
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Tags: The Future of Trades · Uncategorized

Rhode Island guidance counselors get schooled in trades needs

August 10th, 2008 · No Comments

At a special day for Rhode Island high school guidance counselors, representatives of various careers were allowed to school the counselors in how to get kids excited about various career tracks including skilled trades and trade school.

Marine trades in particular relished the opportunity. Karl Nordstrom, representing New England Boatworks, and Wendy Mackie, serving as executive [...]

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Tags: Career Advice · Skilled Trades · Skilled Trades Shortage · The Future of Trades · Trade Schools

Skilled trades woman “believed in lighting others’ candles”

August 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Phyllis Galimore was a great role model for women in construction and she will be missed.
Read about Phyllis’s life and passing.

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Tags: Canada · Women in Trades