Join us for the 2006 Women in Trades Career Fair!
The Fair will be held at a new location:
NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center
16021 NE Airport Way in Portland, OR.
Student Days: April 27 & 28, 2006.
Online pre-registration required. Bookmark this webpage for January registration!
Open to Everyone: Saturday, April 29, 2006.
The 2005 Women in Trades Career Fair reached 1,000 youth and adults! The event was powered by our generous industry sponsors, exhibitors, workshop presenters, and volunteers. Thank you for building the foundation for future tradeswomen!
On Thursday, the Middle School Day, students attended an orientation to the trades and participated in two hands-on workshops. High School students on Friday had the same opportunities, plus being able to explore demonstrations and exhibits. With 1,130 students pre-registered, we served 704 youth over the course of the two school days. Over 125 educators attended from 30 high schools and 21 middle schools.
On Saturday, 346 public day attendees also visited with 70 interactive exhibitors including apprenticeship training programs, government agencies that support nontraditional careers for women, and many employers.
The hands-on workshops are one of the components that make the Fair incredibly valuable for fair attendees. Students and adult jobseekers interacted with fabulous tradeswomen rolemodels and learned how to use power tools, climbed a telephone pole, framed a small structure, even welded and soldered.
Over
200 workshop presenters led interactive, fifty-minute workshops. The 21 different presenters included apprenticeship programs, employers, technical programs at community colleges, and Meek ProTech High School.
An enthusiastic group of 53 volunteers, dedicated 376 hours of their labor to the Fair. Friendly volunteers made participants feel welcome, as many attendees commented in their evaluations. Some volunteers gave as much as 7-8 hours of their time each day.
Many thanks to everyone!
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