Apprenticeship Signing Day at Miron Construction
It was an exciting Friday morning in our corporate office as Gavin Funk, a Stockbridge High School graduate and Miron youth apprentice, signed on to be a masonry apprentice! Gavin is now indentured into the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Union. He is currently working on the addition projects at Appleton Area School District’s Einstein and Wilson Middle Schools.
Gavin will now begin building his own legacy within the trades as a young masonry apprentice. Students like Gavin continue to choose the trades for the importance of the work they provide for all of society, for the rewarding profession it offers, and for the opportunity to learn and build a career.
Career Signing Day is a time for high school and college graduates to officially begin employment with a construction contractor who will sponsor them throughout their carpenter apprenticeship and provide on-the-job training. This celebration honors both graduate and contractor, providing a pivotal moment in the life of a student.
The construction industry had 423,000 job openings throughout the U.S. in Oct. 2023, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Youth and union apprentices not only gain meaningful work experience that sets them up for success in the future, but they also add to the talent pipeline of skilled, diverse employees that innovate the workforce.
Learn more about Miron’s apprenticeship program and hear from some of our apprentices here: https://bit.ly/MironApprenticeships
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