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Demands driven, experienced based education can be used in a wide variety of sectors to further expand the workforce. incorporating apprenticeships into two and four-year programs would offer students skills based learning. this is particularly important for those students who learn better by doing. president trump has seen firsthand the success of apprenticeship programs in the building trades where hes very familiar. the building trades invest nearly $1 billion a year of private money into the...

That if if we can fix the skills gap, there are 6 million jobs we can fill right now. you compare that to 6.9 million individuals that are unemployed and wow. i think one of the to fully answer your question, one of the challenges we need to look at is the labor force participation. the number of americans are forgotten that have been ignored and dropped out of the workforce. its lower than it should be. and our hope and ivanka trumps hope and certainly president trump just this morning referenc...

This week is a full schedule review, focusing on the american worker. we are very sad at the department of labor and the apprenticeship program. ill make a difference. >> president trump: thank you. congratulations. >> mr. president. it is an honor to be on the team. lastly, i had the privilege of representing america and china at the green energy ministry. good times. they needed to hear why america was stepping away from the paris accord, and they did. america is not stepping back, but we are ...

That we can fill right now, and you compare that to 6.9 million individuals that are unemployed, and wow. you know, i think one of the -- to fully answer your question, one of the challenges that we need to look at is the labor force participation. there are a number of americans that are forgotten that have been ignored and that have dropped out of the workforce. labor force participation is lower than it should be. our hope and ivanka trumps hope and this administrations hope and certainly pre...

Countrys place in the world. >> you are right, the economy can trump almost anything, and hear the subject of the meeting they are having as apprenticeship programs, job trainings. germany has been an engine of european economic growth for a while. the way they are labor markets work, the way their economy works has allowed for more robust growth, and you have seen some other economies like italy or spain, so that has meant that donald trump would want to say, look, angela merkel may be doing th...

Program work? >> well, generally, theres a recruitment drive, depending on the ebb and flow of work, depending on the trade. and we encourage people to fill out an application, take a test and if accepted, come into our training program. additionally now, were running apprenticeship readiness programs in 75 different locations across the country where were working with national and local community organizations to help us with recruitment for folks that havent always had easy access into the wor...

To graduate in some form of education. theres no good jobs if you are a drop out and there are none for just a high school diploma. >> i think most educators in america stand with the president. the fact is you have to be a career ready or a college ready in this society. when you said, and you are right, that a plumbar is a good job, i hear people saying they want to be in an apprenticeship program. if they have not taken math courses they cannot get in. the fact is, our kids, you know, 75% of ...

Take tests, measuring aptitude for mathematics, machining, teamwork and communication skills. at the south carolina plant, rex roth has only a dozen apprentic apprentices. >> you need to have a strong head for math, with the blucht readings and different changes to programming. >> charles wilson is on the u.s. labor secretarys advisory committee for apprentices. he started the apprenticeship program at greenville tech tech after watching the signature industry, textiles, collapse, sending many m...

A baker poszing on the craft to his young worker. a master schoomaker sharing the tricks of his trade. knowledge passed on to the next generation. >> they will -- >> reporter: today the department of labor says apprentices work for more than 6,000 u.s. manufacturing companies. earning a lmodest wage by being trained for higher wage jobs. >> its not your grand dads manufacturing. its a lot more complex. >> reporter: bretts employer says investing in the apprenticeship program benefits the company...

Apprenticeship jobs are highly competitive. to land one, a worker has to take tests, measuring aptitude for mathematics, machining, team work and communication skills. at this south carolina plant, r roxroth is only a dozen out of a staff of 100s. >> you need to have a strong head for matt, with the blueprints and tool offsets and different changes to programming. >> reporter: charles wilson is on the u.s. labor secretarys advisory committee for apprentices. he started to apprenticeship program ...