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Operating Engineers Local 139 asks Fort Atkinson board to promote pre-apprenticeship pathway
Summary
Representatives from Operating Engineers Local 139 and its workforce-development director urged the board to help recruit students for pre-apprenticeship courses offered through the Destination Career Academy and to consider supports so students can access the pathway and credits toward Fox Valley Technical College.
Representatives of Operating Engineers Local 139 asked the Fort Atkinson Board of Education Thursday to help promote a pre-apprenticeship pathway for students interested in heavy-equipment operations and related trades.
Chris Feldman, representing Local 139, described a workforce shortage in construction trades and said the union wants to partner with the district to enroll interested students in a…
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