YouthBuild - Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA) - Employment and Training
Resource Name:YouthBuild - Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA) - Employment and Training
address
2101 14th Street, Cloquet, MN 55720
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Hours
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Service area
Community-based pre-apprenticeship program. Participants receive hands-on training in construction and carpentry skills while working toward their GED or high school diploma. Youth are offered CPR certification, OSHA certification, and NCCER training. Youth work on a myriad of projects ranging from demolition and renovation to new construction.
Every participant is provided with workplace skills via paid work experience. Participants get experience in reading a tape measure, using handheld and power tools, estimating project needs, painting/staining, installing cabinets, sheetrock and mudding, demolition, installing banisters and stairs, concrete work, installing flooring, window installation, roofing, framing garden beds, and picnic tables. Construction projects focus on low-income housing and nonprofit organizations.
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Providing organization
Provides employment readiness and job development services to unemployed and underemployed low-to-moderate income individuals, and to increase their employability