Apprenticeship program offers students real work experience
Eight students from Pequot Lakes and Pillager are participating in this year s program, funded by The Bernick Family Foundation. 10:00 am, Mar. 7, 2021 ×
Ben Newman (left), operations manager at Ridgeline Manufacturing, talks with Jason Bernick, of Bernick s, about the business and its affiliation with Pillager High School s new apprenticeship program, funded this year by The Bernick Family Foundation. Theresa Bourke / Brainerd Dispatch
PILLAGER Students at Pillager and Pequot Lakes high schools are getting a taste of real work through a new apprenticeship program.
The Building Trades Career Pathway Program, run by Rural Minnesota Concentrated Employment Program, offers funding for up to 10 students at the two schools to get hands-on job experience before graduation. It’s the brainchild of Amy Sjoblad, career adviser supervisor at Rural Minnesota CEP, who wanted to give high school students a