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2019 WIC Week: Women building innovation through apprenticeship

March 4, 2019 by Spark Staff Leave a Comment

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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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Filed Under: Better Buildings, Big Ideas, Home Tagged With: Apprenticeship, HVAC, International Women's Day, WIC, Women in Construction, Women in the Trades

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