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Tina James, 34, a bartender and single mother of three, is replacing her bartender’s apron with a tool belt. She will join an iron workers program in April, where she will learn how to reinforce iron and steel for roads and bridges. James and dozens of other women and minorities are entering the heavy iron construction industry, as they share part of the benefits of a $350,000 grant from the federal government to fund a Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) job training program that will put a pool of female and minority employees smack dab in the middle of the state’s highway projects. Many are already trained and hired. Dozens more will join them now. Since Building Futures started in late 2007, it has placed 100 people to work in construction, people who likely never would have gotten the chance otherwise.
Tool and instrument use are an integral part of Building Futures training.
Women and Minorities “The underutilization of women and minorities on highway construction has been recognized for many years,” said Building Futures Director Andrew Cortés. “In fact, as stated by the Federal Highway Administration, the On-the-Job Training Program requires State Transportation Agencies to establish apprenticeship and training programs targeted to move women, minorities and disadvantaged individuals into journey-level positions to ensure that a competent workforce is available to meet highway construction hiring needs, and to address the historical under-representation of these groups in highway construction skilled Aerial lift training prepares Building Futures trainees for construction and highway jobs. crafts.” Cortés added that on “The ‘vertical’ or ‘building’ side of the construction industry, many of the grams. Our own RIDOT is now driving similar changes to employers and trade unions that jointly operate high quality the ‘horizontal’ side of our industry through this exciting Registered Apprenticeship programs have taken significant partnership.” steps to address underrepresented populations in their prosee riDot page 4