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Apprenticeship Career Event Honors Marine’s
Memory
Career Snapshot April 26 at MATC Promotes Building Construction
Shane
O’Donnell of DeForest always wished that more high
school students knew what he knew about apprenticeships. A graduate
of Madison Area Technical College’s Plumbing Apprenticeship
program, O’Donnell was thriving in his job at Hooper Corporation
when his Marine Reserve unit was mobilized to Iraq.
Tragically,
O’Donnell never returned to the job he loved;
he died in combat in 2004. But his wish to spread the word about
apprenticeships is being fulfilled through a fund his family established
with the MATC Foundation to promote this unique earn-while-you-learn
career path to high schools students.
On Wednesday, April 26, building
construction apprenticeships will be featured at a Career Snapshot
event at MATC’s Commercial
Avenue Education Center in Madison, with support from the Shane
O’Donnell Memorial Fund. It is one of a series of activities
MATC is planning to boost the apprenticeship program and attract
more young people to promising careers in high-skill, high-wage
fields.
WHAT:
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Construction Apprenticeship Career
Snapshot. Career Snapshots is a series of evening seminars presented
by MATC that allows attendees to participate in an interactive
program focusing on particular career fields. Attendees will
learn more about individual occupations and may participate
in hands-on demonstrations such as conduit bending, mortaring
brick walls, wood finishing, and other construction techniques
involving a variety of tools. Some participants will also
join actual Carpentry and Plumbing Apprenticeship classes
in progress.
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WHO:
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MATC Apprenticeship instructors in Carpentry, Plumbing,
Electrical, Bricklaying, Ironworking, Painting & Decorating,
Steamfitting and Sheet Metal; current students in MATC Apprenticeship
programs; building contractor and labor union representatives;
prospective students and their parents exploring career options.
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WHERE:
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MATC Commercial Avenue Education Center
2125 Commercial Ave., Madison (across from Kraft/Oscar Mayer) |
WHEN:
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006
6:00-8:00 p.m.
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WHY:
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To interest more prospective students in construction
apprenticeships – a unique earn-while-you-learn system
where paid on-the-job training is combined with classroom
instruction to provide the education needed to achieve success
in a high-skill, high-wage construction career. Whether changing
careers or simply exploring different career options, community
members of all ages are encouraged to attend.
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April 20, 2006
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