Tag: Women Wear Hard Hats Too

Workforce

Minnesota construction training program for women has 90% job placement rate

Facing big projects like the St. Croix Crossing bridge, the Central Corridor Light Rail and a new football stadium for the Minnesota Vikings, more and more women are filling Minnesota’s need for construction workers thanks to a training program in Minneapolis. Women Wear Hard Hats Too is a 20-week program that seeks to fully prepare women for […]

June 26, 2013

Roadbuilding

Minnesota program trains women for construction projects

A program at Summit Academy OIC is training women to work construction projects like the St. Croix Crossing bridge and the Central Corridor Light Rail, according to a report from KAAL-TV. Women Wear Hard Hats Too (WWHH2), a 20-week program dedicated to training Minnesota women in construction, focuses on teaching women more than just trade […]

June 25, 2013