PowerForward DuPage will be hosting the 2022 DuPage County Trade Apprenticeship Expo on Thursday, November 10th from 3:30pm – 6:30pm. The event features interactive, hands-on demonstrations by the county’s building trade organizations as well as opportunities to meet with instructors to learn more about each individual trade apprenticeship program.
“It’s our opportunity to throw open the doors and invite everyone to come in – residents, students, parents, guidance counselors, teachers – to learn what each trade is about,” said PowerForward DuPage Executive Director Karyn Charvat. The expo is held at the IBEW Local 701 Union Hall, home to PowerForward DuPage.
The expo started in 2018 when Charvat noticed a gap forming in the construction trade industries.
“With the baby boomers retiring, they are really going to be leaving quite a gap in the workforce,” she said. “And realizing younger generations don’t necessarily have the interest in the trades that other generations before them once did, we knew there needed to be some external effort, on behalf of all the trades.”
The event is free to attend but requires online registration.
If you are a DuPage County educator and would like your high school to be contacted directly for participation, please contact PowerForward DuPage at 630-791-2660.
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