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Inside The Trades
Inside The Trades seeks to find the answers on closing the talent gap and making the skilled trades an attractive destination for the next generation.We see the solution to this problem sits with the youth of today and helping them learn how the skilled trades are a pathway to a lucrative career. We talk with community and business leaders and hear their stories about the education, innovations and technology they're using today to build fulfilling careers. If you are a parent, school administrator or employer looking for ways to highlight the benefits of a skilled trades career please like, follow and share our show. If you have a story to tell that you think will help this mission please reach out to us!
Inside The Trades
ENCORE EPISODE: Father Judge High School Welding Instructor and Mentor, Joe Williams
HOLIDAY ENCORE -
On this episode we're back with the Father Judge welding program in Philadelphia, speaking to the instructor and architect of the program, Joe Williams.
Joe has decades of experience as a welder, working on national defense systems in private industry, as a teacher at his alma mater, and has even constructed Hollywood movie sets and props!
Most recently, he was tasked with architecting Father Judge's program from the ground up, just graduated his first class of students in June 2022, and continues to expand his program this coming Fall.
Listen in to hear why we start calling Joe "Obi Wan," how he's preparing his students to make an impact on their communities, and the role that mentors have in growing the skilled trades today.
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