With the building trades shrinking, builders are taking education into their own hands.
Oklahoman
The construction industry in Oklahoma City, facing a chronic shortage of workers and entrepreneurs in the building trades, will to try to grow its own, starting with a construction summer camp for kids in 2022.
It s been in the works for a couple of weeks. The first meeting of minds, called by Jack Werner, was Wednesday at the Oklahoma Home Builders Association.
Werner is owner of A to Z Inspections and is a National Association of Home Builders-certified educator. He has a Ph.D in finance. But college isn t for everyone, he said, and builders and general contractors have to do a better job of getting the word out to young people that a construction career can start with vocational-technical education and lead to a good life.