Nontraditional Employment Opportunities

Women in the Trades Exchange

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Pre-apprenticeship Construction Training Manual for Women

Publications

Commission Action

Other Resources

Have you ever thought about pursuing a career in the building and construction trades?

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rom 1999 through 2007 the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women conducted a pre-apprenticeship training program for approximately 15 women a year who wanted to pursue a career in the building and construction trades. This program was funded by the CT Department of Labor, Office for Workforce Competitiveness, Capital Workforce Partners and the Hartford Jobs Funnel.

While we are gratified by the success many of these women have found, PCSW is now developing an economic security agenda that will benefit the entire state.  This new agenda will promote economic self-sufficiency by supporting women's entry into high-wage, high-growth industries.  The agenda will also address the demand for workers in key sectors such as construction, alternative energy, high-tech manufacturing, and allied health technologies. 

PCSW's goal is to stimulate statewide economic growth by bringing an under-utilized portion of the workforce to high-paying jobs in sectors that will be hiring large numbers of new or replacement workers.

One of the first objectives of our new agenda is to use our experience to develop a pre-apprenticeship curriculum that can be adopted and adapted by organizations targeting women wishing to enter the building & construction trades.

PCSW believes its new approach will reach more women than we could in the past, and will ensure they will enjoy a greater number and variety of opportunities for economic advancement.

Listed below are some resources to point you in the path of pursuing a career in non-traditional employment: 

Asnuntuck Community College, Manufacturing Technology and Welding Programs. 

For details on the Machine Technology program, click here.

For details on the Welding program, click here.

For details on scholarships available, click here.

Joint Apprenticeship Training Directors Committee of Connecticut

Connecticut Department of Labor

Are you interested in becoming a state trooper?

New Haven's Connecticut Workforce Initiative
200 Orange Street
New Haven, CT 06510
203-946-8160
Note that the next recruitment is schedule for January 2009.

City of New Haven Fire Department

Hartford Jobs Funnel
20-28 Sargeant Street, 3^rd Floor
Hartford, CT 06105
860-524-8859

Hartford Jobs Funnel training programs.  For details, click here.
 

Information regarding a career in Corrections http://www.das.state.ct.us/exam/Corrections/DOC_Intro.asp

Information regarding the State Trooper Trainee program

http://www.das.state.ct.us/exam/Trooper/dps_Intro.asp