EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT


AGC, ehs International Forge Training Partnership


with ehs International, Inc. which provides all AGC Student Chapter members throughout California with complimentary access to construction and health & safety training webinars. Te goal of the new “Visionary


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Partnership” is to provide “real-world” industry-based training that comple- ments and rounds out members’ academic experiences. In California there are 12 active


AGC Student Chapters that make up a more than 500-member network. All of these members can benefit from an array of “real-world” industry based training surrounding safety and health that is currently not offered in college


GC Construction Education Foundation (AGC CEF) has launched a new partnership


course curriculum. Te objective of this initiative and partnership is to supply the student membership with ehsInc, CA’s vast online webinar bank as supplementary training in topics ranging from the following:


 CPR & ECC Guidelines  Intro to Hazmat  Rigging & Inspection  Fire Safety  Accident Investigation  Vector- Borne Disease  Ammonia Safety  Fall Arrest Inspection  Scaffold Safety


All chapter members that sign up


and participate in the webinar trainings will be issued an ID card that can track trainings and certificates completed, and which can also be accessed by future internships and employers. Tis will allow them to track the trainings they participate in and be better prepared when they graduate and work in the construction industry. President and founder of ehsInc,


Marjorie Del Toro commented, “Te team at ehsInc, CA and I are excited and honored to have been given the opportunity to continue our work in ensuring that our future workforce is better prepared not only to perform their work safer, but to provide them that complete advantage during their career development stages.” 


Virtual Career Fair: The Future of Recruiting at Your Finger Tips


By Haley Fernandez Tis fall, AGC’s Construction


Education Foundation launched its third Virtual Construction Career Fair – continuing its focus on providing employers the tools to connect to their potential future workforce in an innovative, time-saving and cost- efficient way. Nearly a dozen employers took


part in the four-hour online event on September 29 that helped connect AGC member companies directly to job seekers throughout the state. Operating from the comfort and convenience of their own offices, each exhibitor had a virtual booth online with interactive space that could be customized with company’s branding.


www.AGC-CA.org Troughout the virtual fair, booth


reps chatted live and directly with job seekers, reviewed their resumes and held interviews using skype. After it concluded, exhibitors were able to access customized metrics reports that provided them with statistics on job seekers that attended and interacted with the booth reps. Te jobseekers who participated


included veterans looking to transition into construction, college students and recent high school graduates looking for entry level work, and AGC Student Chapter members seeking part or full-time positions during school and


after graduation. Te fair offered job seekers all types of jobs in the con struction industry, ranging from skilled labor, project management, and safety to accounting and business development. While the results were still


being tallied at press time, from all accounts it was a resounding success. AGC CEF says a big “thank you!” to the event sponsors - ehsInc., Granite Construction, Railworks, Rosendin Electric and Underground Construction Co., Inc. Stay tuned for future opportunities


to tap into AGC’s next online Virtual Career Fair event. 


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