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2019 WIC Week: Women building innovation through apprenticeship

March 4, 2019 by Leave a Comment

2019 WIC Week: Women building innovation through apprenticeship
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From L to R: Michelle, Emily, Mariss, Keyla and Ashley.

For this year’s Women in Construction Week (WIC Week), we spoke with five women—Michelle Wilson, Emily Orona, Mariss Stevens, Keyla Santiago and Ashley Fortune—who work as apprentices in the construction trades for McKinstry.

For those who are unfamiliar, apprenticeship is a system in which workers train on-the-job—earning wages and doing productive work—while also taking courses and mastering their craft. At McKinstry, apprentices on jobsites perform vital work and apprenticeship programs are a valuable source of jobsite innovation.

Below are excerpts from interviews with these five apprentices:

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2017 WIC Week: Women in the trades

March 8, 2017 by Leave a Comment

2017 WIC Week: Women in the trades

From L to R: Lena, Nicole, and Allison, pictured on a jobsite in Bellevue, Wash.

For this year’s Women in Construction Week (WIC Week), which runs from March 5-11, we spoke with three women—Nicole Jetson, Allison Camper, and Lena Rowe—who work in the construction trades for McKinstry. Below are excerpts from that interview, covering their careers in construction, their experiences as women in the trades, and their thoughts on how to increase representation of women in their industry.

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