After her tenure as a Director at WRTP/BIG STEP, Tracey Griffith joined the Walbec Group as an Outreach Manager, where she currently oversees outreach and community partnerships, working closely with recruitment and the WRTP/BIG STEP’s Department of Transportation’s (DOT) TrANS Roadbuilding program. Her history with WRTP/BIG STEP, combined with her position at the Walbec
The age-old proverb “A woman’s work is never done,” has never been truer, especially in the trades. Trades work is perhaps the single sector of the workforce that remains almost entirely dominated by men, not just in practice but in perception. Yet, in the age of automation and technology, the trades need all hands
A Resource-Rich Event Dedicated to Supporting Justice-Involved Persons, Returning Citizens and their Families "Home to Stay" is a "one-stop shop" event that brings a broad spectrum of resources to a single location every month to improve access and support positive transitions from justice-involvement. Date: 1st Wednesday of every month Time: 11AM - 2PM Location: Job
As reported on fox6now.com, written by Amy Dupont MILWAUKEE -- Governor Tony Evers paid Milwaukee a visit on Monday, Jan. 14 to highlight workforce development programs. The Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership (WRTP) has been working to recruit and train workers in the industrial sector since the 1990s. During a tour of the Milwaukee Training Center,
Jessica Benson is not necessarily someone you would think of as a person who would find her love of working in the trades. Before going through BIG STEP, 26-year-old Jessica had earned her degree in Chemistry. Even though many of her family members are in the trades, she had never thought about it
Workforce consortia we reviewed connected small businesses to a coordinated system of organizations and activities that provided the services and information they needed to address both current and future workforce needs. Current needs included identifying and hiring new employees as well as training existing employees. Consortia activities to address businesses’ needs for new employees included
For American workers, having a high school or general equivalency diploma (GED)—which once represented a means of entrance to the middle class—is no longer adequate for finding steady employment. In fact, three quarters of low-wage workers have these qualifications but lack the relevant occupational skills and connections to employers needed to launch a career. At
TechTerns provides Bradley Technical High School students with a comprehensive two and a half year project-based learning experience in the construction, healthcare, and architecture industries. This project is an intensive collaboration between WRTP/BIG STEP and Mortenson Construction, Cannon Design, Froedtert Hospital, the Medical College of Wisconsin, and Bradley Tech. CLICK HERE TO
By Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Workday Minnesota In Minnesota, the IMT program is two years old. BERMO is the first company to house the program and graduate a class. Longtime employees and new certificate holder Steve Anderson explains that "you can still teach an old dog new tricks.” Anderson embodies the intention of the program. According to the program
This report from the Center On Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) provides the story of the innovation in apprenticeship that is the IMT Apprenticeship. As the paper illustrates, IMT is remaking apprenticeship for the new and rapidly evolving industrial sector. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL REPORT
