special report
Santa Rosa Junior College’s Construction Training Center in Petaluma is set to open for carpentry classes in time for the fall 2024 semester. [Duncan Garrett Photography]
Tools of North Bay training programs are building
By Jean Saylor Doppenberg T he construction industry has a hiring crisis. Its aging workforce is stepping down, with 30% of workers at or nearing retirement. “For every five construction workers who retire, only one new hire is taking their place,” says Nicollette Weinzveg, director of workforce development and education for North Coast Builders Exchange. “That’s a nationwide statistic, but we are also hearing it anecdotally locally.”
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