More people with bachelor’s degrees go back to school to learn skilled trades - The Hechinger Report

SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Putting on hazmat gear for the first time turns out to be a long-drawn-out process, so the trainees who are practicing this new skill make the time go faster with a little clowning around.

“Smile! Work it! Work it!” one shouts at a classmate as she jokingly strikes glamour poses for photos in a heavy vapor suit with rubber boots, two layers of gloves, a respirator and a 26-pound breathing tank. Another compares the get-up to the uniforms worn by the child-detection agents in the movie “Monsters, Inc.” Read the full story on The Hechinger Report.

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The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) has teamed up with SkillsUSA, the #1 workforce development organization for students, to support the new Energy and Natural Resources Career Cluster, part of Advance CTE’s Modernized Career Clusters Framework that guides the nation’s career and technical education system.

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SkillsUSA Partner Summit to be held Feb. 4-5 in Orlando

SkillsUSA, the #1 workforce development organization for students, announced plans to hold a SkillsUSA Partner Summit, Feb. 4-5 in Orlando.

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More people with bachelor’s degrees go back to school to learn skilled trades – The Hechinger Report

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