ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) – On Saturday, October 4, the first-ever Next-Gen Skilled Trades Day took place at Piedmont Virginia Community College.
“We want to inform young people of all of the opportunities that are available to them,” said PVCC Student Affairs Senior Director of Outreach and Admissions Todd Parks, with PVCC Student Affairs. “To show them that there are lots of great career paths in the skilled trades.”
The event, with Charlottesville City’s Office of Economic Development, PVCC, and around thirty companies, worked to showcase the possibility of a career in trades to Charlottesville area students and community members — offering a forum to try and learn about what the workforce has to offer…