Construction Career Days National Examples

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Construction Career DaysNational Examples

• Jeff Cathcart
• National Construction Career Days Center
• 401-368-4850
• Cathcart_at_etal.uri.edu

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States Considering Events

• Maine
• Pennsylvania
• Minnesota
• Virginia
• Hawaii

• Puerto Rico
• Virgin Islands
• Arkansas
• New Hampshire
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2005 Events

• 35 events in 22 states
• One - three days in length
• Four to six hundred students per day
• Two hundred exhibitors and volunteers
• Ten to fifty pieces of operational equipment
• Ten to fifty static displays

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South Dakota

• Aberdeen 74 Students from 6 schools
• 8 pieces of equipment
• Pierre 133 Students from 6 schools
• Sioux Falls 247 Students from 12 schools
• Rapid City 369 Students from 11 schools

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Utah

• Salt Lake City 5,500 students from 54 schools
  over three days
• 63 pieces of equipment
• Logan 2,200 students from 17
  schools over two days

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Where are Construction Career Days Held?
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Where are Construction Career Days Held?

• Fairgrounds
• State DOT Maintenance Facilities
• Union Training Centers
• Military Facilities
• Airports
• Outing Facilities
• College Campuses

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What Happens at a Construction Career Day?
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Hands On Displays

• Backhoes
• Excavators
• Aerial Lifts
• Bucket Trucks
• Blacksmiths
• Paver
• Roller

• Welding
• Cutting Burning Steel
• Carpentry
• Plumbing
• Electrical
• Jackhammers
• Pipe Tap

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Hands On Displays

• Computer Aided Design Engineering
• Fire Rescue
• Sheet Metal
• Surveyors
• Work Zone Safety
• Skidsteer Loader
• Arborist Landscaping

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Static Displays

• Colleges Universities
• Technical Schools
• Apprentice Programs
• Snow Plows Dump Trucks
• Earth Movers Loaders
• Law Enforcement - Highway Safety

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Learning Labs Florida
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Career Paths - Maryland

• Civil Engineering Construction Trades

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Who Organizes the Events?
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Typical Planning Committee

• Federal Highway Administration
• State Department of Transportation
• LTAP Center
• Construction Companies
• Equipment Suppliers
• Public Works Associations

• Industry Associations
• Associated General Contractors
• American Road Transportation Builders
  Association
• National Association of Women In Construction
• Associated Builders Contractors
• Concrete Suppliers Association
• Asphalt Suppliers Association

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Typical Planning Committee

• Laborers Union
• Operating Engineers Union
• Carpenters Union
• Electricians Union
• Plumbers Pipefitters Union
• Sheet Metal Workers Union
• Other Trade Unions
• Non Union Trade Groups

• School to Career
• State Department of Education
• Education Professionals
• U.S. Department of Labor Apprenticeship
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Job Core
• Work Based Learning Programs

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Who Attends Construction Career Day?
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High School Juniors Seniors
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Community Organizations
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Who Attends Construction Career Day?

• High School Juniors and Seniors
• Underclassmen
• Comprehensive High Schools
• Career Technical Centers
• Job Core
• Community Based Learning Programs
• Alternative Learning Programs

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Who Attends Construction Career Day?
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Who Attends Construction Career Day?
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Questions
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Thank You!

• Jeff Cathcart
• National Construction Career Days Center
• 401-368-4850
• Cathcart_at_etal.uri.edu