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This past June I was fortunate to attend my very first SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. As a national sponsor of SkillsUSA, NASSCO is proud to represent our industry in the promotion of careers in underground infrastructure to middle and high school students across the U.S.
SkillsUSA’s conference drew 18,000 attendees, including 6,500 students — all state contest winners — who competed in hands-on trade, technical and leadership events. Students worked around the clock to prove their expertise in a variety of occupations, including construction.
Established in 1965, SkillsUSA provides opportunities to young people who may want to take a path other than one that leads to a traditional four-year college degree. There are currently 18,000 classrooms conducting SkillsUSA training nationwide, covering 130 job categories. NASSCO’s goal, through our continuing partnership with SkillsUSA, is to build our relationships with counselors across the country to establish trenchless technologies as one of those areas of study.
While supporting our youth in finding successful career paths is extremely rewarding, it also helps NASSCO members fill the skills gap that exists by building awareness and education surrounding the benefits of a career in the assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation of underground infrastructure.
NASSCO also believes it is important to look to veterans as an important resource for workforce development. Recently I attended a NUCA Fly-In in Washington, D.C., and learned that NUCA’s intentions are very much in line with ours. While the event’s primary objective was to educate Capitol Hill on the need to fund underground infrastructure, NUCA also prepared attendees to speak with government representatives on the need for workforce development and, specifically, to address the shortage of qualified workers in the utility construction industry. They also shared a number of opportunities to support our veterans by turning to them as viable solutions for the workforce shortage.
To learn more about SkillsUSA, visit www.skillsusa.org; to learn more about hiring veterans, visit www.centerforamerica.org.
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