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Local trades council presents MC3 apprenticeship program; supervisors praise training and placement rate
Summary
A representative from the Kern and Tulare County Building and Construction Trades Council described a 10-week MC3 program that connects participants to skilled-trade apprenticeships and reported over 80% placement; supervisors praised the program and noted its accessibility for people who are justice involved.
Alyssa Reid, executive secretary of the Kern and Tulare County Building and Construction Trades Council, told the Kern County Board of Supervisors about the council’s Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3), a 10-week, grant-funded training program that connects community members with skilled-trade apprenticeships.
Reid said the program introduces participants to multiple trades, teaches what each trade does and how to join an apprenticeship, and that the council has an over 80% placement rate. "Our programme is 10…
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