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NRCC CELEBRATES NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK
During the week of November 13-19, the Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters recognized National Apprenticeship Week (NAW).
NAW was created by the United States Department of Labor to give organizations the opportunity to showcase their apprenticeship programs and facilities. During National Apprenticeship Week, the NRCC hosted and attended various apprenticeship events to educate young adults about careers in carpentry.
In New Jersey on November 16th, NRCC hosted a NAW event at its Kenilworth Training Center. The event provided young adults, enrolled in high school and vocational/technical schools, with detail on the bene ts of becoming a Union Carpenter, including the ability to earn on the job while learning in the classroom.
Ridgeley Hutchinson, Executive Director of the New Jersey Carpenters Apprentice Training and Educational Fund, played a key role in organizing the National Apprenticeship Week event.
“A career as a carpenter is a good one and provides individuals with good pay and great bene ts with no college-related debt,” said Hutchinson. “We thought the event was a great success and hope that the attendees become our future carpenters.”
In Maryland, the NRCC also attended a career fair at Calvert Academy in Prince Frederick. During the fair, Mid-Atlantic Carpenters Training Director Timothy Miller made a presentation and provided attendees with detail on the bene ts of becoming a Union carpenter.
While NAW is over, the NRCC is working each and every day at career fairs, school presentations and one- stop career centers to educate young adults about the good things our Union carpenters are doing in their communities and why a career as a carpenter might be the right t for them.
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NRCC COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE WILLY GRUSHOLT AND MID- ATLANTIC CARPENTERS TRAINING DIRECTOR TIMOTHY MILLER ATTEND A CAREER PRESENTATION DURING NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK.