MHA is pleased to endorse the Workforce Alliance Partnership, which is a collaborative effort with the Central Mississippi Building & Construction Trade Council, the Gulf Coast Building and Trade Council and the Mississippi Power Company. Apprenticeship-training programs are currently being developed in five counties including: Forest, Harrison, Jackson, Jones and Lauderdale.
The Trade Councils are umbrella organizations with membership of 14 building and construction trades. The mission of these various apprenticeship training programs is to ensure that low income, low wage, unemployed and underemployed individuals receive the assistance needed to successfully complete the apprenticeship training and enable them to permanently compete for high wage jobs in the construction workforce.
Participants in the Workforce Development Program are connected immediately to living wage jobs and earn while they learn. Throughout their apprenticeship, participants work full-time jobs on site along with two nights of classroom training. While they are in training participants receive a salary that is calculated at 50% of the journeyman’s wage. Starting salary is $10.50 per hour with a 5% increase every 6 months until training is complete and journeyman status is achieved.
In addition, apprentice program participants receive full employee-paid benefits the first day of employment. Training remediation and support services will be provided to workers who successfully complete the initial training. This is a great opportunity for MHA residents and our community.
Meridian Housing Authority Residents are encouraged to attend the Workforce Development Job Fair to be held Saturday, November 9, 2013, at 9:00am-11:00am at the Mt.Olive Missionary Baptist Church-Family Life Center located at 544 James Chaney Drive in Meridian, Mississippi.
If you need additional information, you may visit the MHA website at: www.meridianhousing.net
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