The Ontario ombudsman reports that apprenticeship programs in that province have a low completion rate.
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Is it a better guarantee of success if people go to trade school?

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Here at tradeschoolworld we focus too much on skilled trades to the detriment of the many other trades and trade schools covered on our site. For shame! as Abe Simpson might say.
Seriously, we’re going to try to move away from our focus on traditional trades and give more attention to the many other trades covered [...]

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Are you looking at the current “economic turmoil” and wondering how you could be safe? While the current credit crisis threatens jobs, there are still many stories from all over telling of jobs available in the trades or that it is simply showing steady growth in a time where many industries are holding their breath [...]

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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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Meanwhile in Alaska, they are singing the praises of women’s contribution to the construction industry.
“In my view, women are natural multi-taskers [so] they are natural project managers. If they like to use tools, they can get in the trades. If not, there’s architects, interior designers – the field is wide open,” says Tamie Taylor, [...]

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Feature article on the closing last year of Harrison Career Institute (a trade school with locations in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey), and the effect on students left with nothing but a pile of debt:
http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_11008.shtml

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SkillsUSA is inviting all its chapters to participate in the celebration of its founding by planning a community service project for the first full week of May. SkillsUSA was founded as The Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, Inc. (VICA) in 1965.
You can view a gallery of last year’s projects at http://www.skillsusa.org/events/service.shtml

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According to officials at Vatterott College, trade schools across the USA are seeing a jump in enrollment.
Vatterott College director Robert Andrist said it is important to note that the nation’s jobless rate is rising due in part to jobs going overseas.
“There are just certain jobs that cannot ever be outsourced and most of those are [...]

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Buy a raffle ticket and you could win a 2008 Dyna Super Glide in Custom Color, courtesy of Skills USA and the Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Inc.
The bike will be raffled off at the NLSC Awards Ceremony, in Kansas City, Mo. on Friday June 27th.
Sweet!

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The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Foundation announced this week 10 new $500 scholarships for students around the country seeking careers in manufacturing.
The “GO-Brennan” Scholarships are tied to FMA’s sponsorship of 16-year-old Florida stock car driver Brennan Palmiter.
Palmiter, a proficient welder, can be seen in YouTube video inviting high school, trade school and college students to [...]

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