{"id":51585,"date":"2017-03-29T17:03:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-infrastructure-construction-training-program-graduation-for-low-income-disadvantaged-and-veteran-workers\/"},"modified":"2017-03-29T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T21:06:09","slug":"graduacion-del-programa-de-capacitacion-en-construccion-de-infraestructura-para-trabajadores-de-bajos-ingresos-marginados-y-veteranos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/graduacion-del-programa-de-capacitacion-en-construccion-de-infraestructura-para-trabajadores-de-bajos-ingresos-marginados-y-veteranos\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure Construction Training Program Graduation for Low Income, Disadvantaged and Veteran Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MERCED, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 29, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The <span class=\"xn-location\">Merced Community<\/span> College and the local Workforce Development Board, in partnership with Laborers&#8217; Local 1130 (<span class=\"xn-location\">Modesto<\/span>), celebrated their first Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program graduation on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Friday, March 17, 2017<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"xn-location\">Merced Community<\/span> College is now offering a 6-week Infrastructure Construction Training Program aimed at creating a career pathway into the heavy-highway and construction industry for local, low income, disadvantaged and veteran <span class=\"xn-location\">Merced County<\/span> residents.\u00a0Completion of this 6 week program will provide a direct entry opportunity into the state registered Laborers&#8217; Union Apprenticeship Program.\u00a0 These types of pre-apprenticeship programs offer a career pathway that provide for living wages and benefits.<\/p>\n<p>According to Laborers&#8217; Local 1130 Business Manager <span class=\"xn-person\">David J. Gorgas<\/span>, &#8220;The demand for skilled workers is at an all-time high for union construction work throughout the Central Valley.&#8221; With the Passage of Measure V on November, 2016 (<span class=\"xn-money\">$450M<\/span> over 30 years\/<span class=\"xn-money\">$15M<\/span> additional annually to <span class=\"xn-location\">Merced County<\/span> infrastructure projects); the UC Merced 2020 Project\/Webcor Local Hire efforts (<span class=\"xn-money\">$800M<\/span> in construction costs over 4 years-<span class=\"xn-money\">$1.6B<\/span> in total) and water infrastructure projects within the region, a skilled workforce is in strong demand.<\/p>\n<p>These types of innovative pre-apprenticeship programs are geared towards meeting that demand and are supported by forward thinking public leaders.\u00a0&#8220;I want to thank Laborers&#8217; Local 1130 for the program that they put together here in <span class=\"xn-location\">Merced County<\/span> jointly with the Community College as well as the Merced County Workforce Development Board,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Jerry O&#8217;Banion<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Merced County<\/span> Supervisor D-5.\u00a0O&#8217;Banion goes on to say, &#8220;It&#8217;s amazing we have an organization that works to put together and give training to individuals to further their education.\u00a0I think it&#8217;s great that we are providing local people from <span class=\"xn-location\">Merced County<\/span> the training to be able to do the construction jobs that are needed, especially those at the UC Merced 2020 Project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Working together as a team, this innovative program has been viewed favorably by public leaders and the community. &#8220;This program tackles an essential need for any community &#8211; a skilled and educated workforce.\u00a0 I look forward to working with the Laborers&#8217; Union in the future and hopeful to expand the training offerings so our young people can thrive and build a strong <span class=\"xn-location\">Merced<\/span>.&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Matt Serratto<\/span>, City of Merced Council Member D-5.<\/p>\n<p>Future pre-apprenticeship programs are planned.\u00a0 For more information on dates and times, please contact\u00a0Tony Castillo at (925) 828-2513.<\/p>\n<p>With over 35,000 Laborers members and 1,700 signatory employers strong, the Northern California District Council of Laborers is on the forefront of the construction industry &#8211; a powerhouse of workers and employers that are proud to build <span class=\"xn-location\">Northern California<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p\/>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MERCED, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 29, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The <span class=\"xn-location\">Merced Community<\/span> College and the local Workforce Development Board, in partnership with Laborers&#8217; Local 1130 (<span class=\"xn-location\">Modesto<\/span>), celebrated their first Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Training Program graduation on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Friday, March 17, 2017<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"xn-location\">Merced Community<\/span> College is now offering a 6-week&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}