The skilled workforce shortage in construction is not news to anybody working in the industry. Although impacted by the pandemic, construction was not hit nearly as bad as other...
NCCER makes finding accredited construction training and assessment programs easy with their recently released Find a Center, featuring two key search functions. By...
October 27, 2020
Historically, companies will do two things when times get tough: They will curtail their training departments and sales departments.The world was not prepared for the coronavirus...
August 27, 2020
The sixth annual I BUILT THIS! video contest, presented by NCCER and Build Your Future (BYF), is returning this October! Designed to promote the value of craft skills and...
July 07, 2020
In the spring of 2020, many training centers and schools faced a new way of teaching and testing – online. With these challenges facing their accredited programs, NCCER stepped up...
June 22, 2020
With a projected growth rate of 12% — much higher than the national average of 5% — the opportunities available in roofing are increasing, as are the training needs. Working...
June 01, 2020
Growing up among a family of teachers, it was assumed that Shanice Kirkland would follow a similar path. Instead, she decided to take her career in a completely different direction and became a welder. To say her family was surprised is an understatement.
March 26, 2020
Madison Jackson, a full-time college student at Louisiana State University, is gaining professional experience of comprehensive construction management including billings, estimations, execution plans, etc.
March 18, 2020
The construction industry is facing an estimated skills shortage of one million craft professionals by 2023. Besides new jobs needed, such as for rebuilding the U.S....
December 18, 2019
Spearheaded by NCCER and Build Your Future (BYF), the seventh annual Careers in Construction Month is in full swing this October. Forty states, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and...
October 03, 2019
