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Graduates say:

"I am more confident in looking for work in the non-traditional fields that I enjoy."

"(Step-UP) changes your life for the better: knowledge, experience, confidence, networking, and new friends."

"I have become more skilled and I am more sure of myself."

"It is a great program and I feel it gives women a better chance in the carpentry field."

After Step-Up "I have something to look forward to."

"I can change career paths and survive."

Step-Up for Women

Step-Up for Women is a skilled trades training program designed to help women get jobs in building or highway construction and union apprenticeships.  We presently provide training in two locations in West Virginia.

Step-Up includes hands-on training in:

• carpentry, welding, electrical wiring, and masonry.

Step-Up also works closely with the:

• Department of Transportation, Division of Highways to provide training in road maintenance and highway construction.

Step-Up provides:

• the ten-hour OSHA safety training, physical fitness training, and test preparation for union apprenticeships.

Step-Up students learn the essential skills to:

• find and keep a job including: resume writing, interview skills, job search techniques, communication skills, and sexual harassment prevention. Students will attend presentations from skilled trades unions, commercial and residential employers, and tradeswomen.

 

Step-Up trains our future women pioneers entering the skilled trades fields.

Where are Step-Up graduates working now?

• Laborers Union
• Carpenters Union
• March-Westin
• Orders Construction
• West Virginia University Physical Plant
• Tri County Electric
• Cement Masons/ Plasters Union
• Morgantown Machine and Hydraulics
• WA Contracting
• Swanson Industries
• Starting their own businesses

2008 WV Women Work!