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To meet the growing crunch for qualified construction craft laborers, Western Nevada College, in partnership with Nevada Builders Alliance, JOIN, Inc. and JobConnect, is again offering an accelerated, nationally recognized construction certification class at its Carson City campus. The course runs Monday through Friday, Aug. 28 through Oct. 26.
Government is facilitating the training of more than 1 500 people for critical roles in the ongoing construction boom, says Minister of Housing Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland.He said the workers were from the National Housing Corporation (NHC) and Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources and are part of the plan to facilitate the building of 10 000 houses promised by Government.He made the disclosure while giving remarks at a handing over ceremony in Farmers, St Thomas on Wednesday.Sutherland said there were claims being made by some business people that there was a shortage of workers for the construction industry.
Twelve temporary housing units are being fast tracked to house those displaced by Hurricane Elsa. The units, separated into three complexes, are situated along Barker’s Road, Tichbourne and Haggatt Hall, St Michael. They are estimated to cost between BDS $180 000 to $190 000 each to build and are part of the East West project. Senior Minister Dr William Duguid said there were still too many people being housed at …
Over 500 prospective students have been given the opportunity to learn a skill under the Construction Gateway Training Initiative. During her address at the student orientation ceremony at the gymnasium of the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex in Wildey, St Michael, this morning, Minister of Education Kay McConney noted the public s response indicated a high level of interest. She said they had received 2 174 applications in three weeks, of which 22 …