The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in Spotlight on Apprenticeships 2024, an annual special section dedicated to ...

ELDRIDGE, Iowa — National Apprenticeship Week is wrapping up and North Scott High School is highlighting some of its students working as apprentices. Several students are currently working as welding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As heavy machinery is built at Caterpillar’s Sanford manufacturing facilities, a select group of highly-trained high school ...

Uncle Sam wants you — to choose a career in welding. The chronic shortage of qualified welders has been well documented. The American Welding Society (AWS) even created a website — ...

Manitowoc is launching an apprenticeship program to help certify welders in Pennsylvania. The new welder workforce development program begins next month, and will be held in conjunction with Lincoln ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — With less than 3% of tradespeople being women, a local union chapter is offering a 5-year apprenticeship program with full benefits to entice more female applicants. The ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — For some local high schoolers, the school day now ends in a welding shop instead of a classroom. Oertel Metal Works in Davenport is training the next generation of workers through an ...

This story is the ninth of the Broken Ladders series, exploring why so many in Fresno can’t climb out of poverty and what different organizations are doing to help create better job pathways. The ...