First-year apprentices celebrated in Kaukauna ‘signing day’ to kickstart career in pipe trades

KAUKAUNA, Wis. (WFRV) – The workforce of tomorrow was celebrated in Kaukauna at an event similar to a college athletic signing as new apprentices put pen to paper at the Local 400 training center on Friday morning.

“We are celebrating our new group of first-year apprentices,” Local 400 Business Manager Doug Dokey said.

“It used to be that they would push more 4-year college, and now they are realizing the trades are an option as well,“ Dokey said. “We are getting more young folks who want to do this.“…

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