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Finding a new career through trade schools and apprenticeships

Katherine Ceicys

September 11, 2024

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Trade schools and apprenticeships offer technical education and hands-on training that can lead to in-demand careers.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: coding, construction workers, employment, TCAT Nashville

NashVillager Podcast: Making construction safer

Nina Cardona

August 8, 2024

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Who is at risk on Nashville’s construction sites? Plus the local news for August 8, 2024.

Filed Under: NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: construction, construction workers

Nashville’s construction industry is booming. One job training program is helping locals get a piece of the pie.

Damon Mitchell

September 13, 2022

Sierra McCants got into the skilled trades during the height of the pandemic. She had been working in the restaurant industry, when many businesses were shutting down. That’s when she enrolled Music City Construction Careers.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: construction, construction workers, economy, jobs, Labor, Music City Construction Careers

After Tennessee guts a Nashville bill protecting construction workers, the mayor decides not to fight back

Ambriehl Crutchfield

April 26, 2022

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Two people died on Nashville construction sites last year.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: construction workers, John Cooper, Sandra Sepulveda

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