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Lake Weir High construction program gives students hands-on trade experience, industry certifications
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Lake Weir High School’s four-year construction program lets students start as freshmen, earn industry certifications and gain on-site experience through community partnerships including the Marion County Building Industry Association; students recently built a horse fence at Reddick Collier’s equine center, instructors said.
Students in a four-year construction program at Lake Weir High School in Marion County are earning industry certifications and hands-on experience through local partnerships, program presenters and instructors said.
The program, presented as the Academy of Construction Technologies (ACT), lets students start as freshmen and progress through levels one to four, with opportunities for carpentry certification and a planned OSHA 10 certification, instructors said. "We have this phenomenal construction program," the weekly wrap-up presenter (name not specified) said. "So I am out here ... with Mr.…
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