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Gen Z Plumbers and Construction Workers Are Making #BlueCollar Cool
Most of the time, when Lexis Czumak-Abreu is stripping cables in a ditch or troubleshooting a sparking outlet, the size of her fan base doesn’t mean too much to her. But then she’ll be strolling through the airport in Las Vegas, and a str...
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How Gen Z Is Becoming the Toolbelt Generation
America needs more plumbers, and Gen Z is answering the call.Long beset by a labor crunch, the skilled trades are newly appealing to the youngest cohort of American workers, many of whom are choosing to leave the college path. Rising pay and new technolog...
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Simulator gives students experience with different career opportunities
SAVANNAH, Tenn. — One local school had a unique experience to learn about different career opportunities.In the parking lot of Hardin County High School was a large trailer filled with educational opportunities for the students. The trailer is from...
Read MoreMaryville High School students encouraged to 'Be Pro Be Proud' with trades tou
Maryville High Schools students had opportunities this week to try welding, driving an 18-wheeler, moving dirt with an excavator, working from a lineman’s bucket truck and more, all safely with simulators and virtual reality.The Be Pro Be Proud tour...
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Be Pro Be Proud visits Rock Springs Middle School
Eighth-grade students at Rock Springs Middle School spent two days going rotating through the simulators aboard the Be Pro Be Proud of Tennessee mobile lab. See a video of the visit here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa74a8Tn4QE
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The Tennessean: Virtual reality trade simulators prepare Tennessee students to enter workforce
Nashville TennesseanBy: Katie Nixonhttps://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/sumner/2023/11/29/tennessee-students-try-trades-on-mobile-workshops-statewide-tour/71301240007/More people are leaving the trades workforce than entering.For every five retirin...
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Sumner County Schools launches innovative program to cultivate skilled workers
Read the full article from News Channel 5 HEREGALLATIN, Tenn. (WTVF) — In a bid to prepare young students for the world of trade careers, Sumner County Schools has introduced an exciting initiative aimed at bridging the impending skills gap in the w...
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Be Pro Be Proud Tennessee launches in Gallatin
Read the full article from Gallatin News HERESumner County Schools (SCS) was showcased at the state launch of ‘Be Pro Be Proud Tennessee,’ a mobile workshop last week at Vol State Community College. It was a first look at the new cutting...
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Be Pro Be Proud mobile workshop travels through TN amid skilled workforce crisis
Read the full article from WKRN News HEREGALLATIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — As Tennessee races to keep up with the growing workforce demand, a new program is making its way through the Volunteer State.Be Pro Be Proud aims to inspire the next generation of ski...
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Be Pro Be Pround Tennessee Mobile Technical Career Workshop geared toward high school seniors
Read the full article by The Erwin Record HERELast week, the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry, along with five other statewide business trade associations, launched the Be Pro Be Proud Tennessee Mobile Technical Career Workshop and Information C...
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Be Pro Be Proud Tennessee Mobile Technical Career Workshop geared toward high school seniors
Last week, the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry, along with five other statewide business trade associations, launched the Be Pro Be Proud Tennessee Mobile Technical Career Workshop and Information Center at Volunteer State Community College in...
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Be Pro Be Proud mobile workshop travels through TN amid skilled workforce crisis
GALLATIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — As Tennessee races to keep up with the growing workforce demand, a new program is making its way through the Volunteer State.Be Pro Be Proud aims to inspire the next generation of skilled workers and give them hands-on exper...
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