JULY NIBJ: Local education, training leaders discuss workforce development in a changing economy
Jeremy Fromm, with Idaho Forest Group, teaches a class in programmable logic controllers at the North Idaho College Workforce Training Center. Students learn skills in automation and control systems, which are essential to modern manufacturing processes.
Photo courtesy of North Idaho College Workforce Training Center
Medical assistant apprenticeship students practice their skills in March in the lab at the North Idaho College Workforce Training Center. Skilled health care workers are in high demand in North Idaho.
Photo courtesy of North Idaho College Workforce Training Center
Avista lineman Rich Dudley shows Lake City High freshman Ryder Nicholson, foreground left, and Coeur d'Alene High freshman Owen Anderson how to operate a bucket truck during the Hardhats, Hammers, Healthcare and Hot Dogs trades exploration program at Kootenai Technical Education Campus in April.
DEVIN WEEKS/Press File
Schools and training centers in North Idaho are preparing today's students to become successful workers of tomorrow.
Young people and adults who wish to return to the workforce have several options for pursuing academic pathways as well as career technical education, certifications or simply enriching their knowledge and expanding their understanding of topics or skills that will be useful in their chosen lines of work.
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