Archive Posts:Month: June 2015

Construction Professionals Graduate From Training Program

(San Diego) – Fifty proud apprentices and craft trainees celebrated the culmination of many years of hard work with family and friends, graduating with their apprenticeship and journeyman certificates on Friday, June 19 from the Associated Builders and Contractors Apprenticeship Training program. Graduates have successfully completed a state and federally approved apprenticeship program or craft training program, mastering skills to work as professionals in crafts such as plumbing and pipefitting, electrical, electronic systems technician and sheet metal. Their course of study includes up to four years of classroom and hands-on lab training, plus thousands of on the job hours of practical...

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North County high school grads receive 2015 ABC Apprenticeship Scholarships

Three recipients receive on-the-job training, tools and tuition free classroom education (SAN DIEGO) - Three outstanding North County Class of 2015 graduates already have a head start on careers in the construction industry just days after earning their high school diploma, thanks to scholarships awarded by the Associated Builders and Contractors San Diego Apprenticeship Training Trust. A panel of construction professionals and educators selected Miguel Camacho from Escondido High School, and Romeo Ramos and Angel Samora from North County Trade Tech High School as this year’s recipients. The panel included Sherry Yarbrough, executive director of the ABC San Diego Apprenticeship Training...

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