Organizational example:
Asian Neighborhood Design
Name |
Asian Neighborhood Design (AND) |
Program Purpose |
To train disadvantaged young adults for a career in the skilled trades by teaching them both soft and hard skills. |
Program Description |
The first two weeks of the fourteen-week training are spent learning “effective life skills." The topics include: anger management, effective communication on the job, sexual harassment, relapse prevention, self-esteem, time management, etc. The next couple of weeks are spent teaching participants construction math and how to read a tape measure. Weeks four through fourteen are spent learning about the skilled trades and practicing the specific craft and doing volunteering work for organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and other non-profits who use skilled trades people. At the end of the fourteen-week program, the Trainees are then placed into union jobs, or enter a respective apprenticeship with the various trades. |
Progress |
By providing real work experiences, the organization is giving trainee experience on the job, a sense of what it will be like, and opportunities to practice soft skills. According to the organization’s website, “More than 100 low-income or unemployed people receive job training services each year.” |
Contact Information |
Jamie Brewster, Site Manager |
Information from Jamie Brewster of Asian Neighborhood Design and Rademacher, 2002.