WOMEN AND MINORITIES NEEDED FOR ELECTRICIAN APPRENTICE PROGRAM - Indianapolis training and employment opportunity

CREW Electrical Services
A Specialty Electrical Contractor Powered by Women
7768 Zionsville Road Suite 150, Indianapolis, IN 46268
317-713-7777

Thirty four dollars an hour! Actually $34.35/hour to be precise! That is how much money I pay my Journeyman Electricians – and that’s just the salary! These jobs also come with FULL benefits! But, right now we cannot fill our apprenticeship classes. And even more frustrating to me personally is that out of the over 600 union electricians in Central Indiana – there are fewer than 10 females! And recently many public construction projects are requiring not only women and minority companies to receive a percentage of the overall spend BUT also certain percentages of diversity in the actual labor pool. This is almost impossible to achieve because of the scarcity of female electricians. Why so few young women in our trade? I really think it is because no one ever thinks of coaching them to consider the construction trades as a career option.

I know – every Mama wants her darling daughter to go to college. But, you and I both know that ALL kids are not cut out to go to college (no matter how smart they might be) but what you might not know is that studies show that many women actually make better electricians than most men. Women generally have better fine motor skills and tend to be more safety conscious and patient than men. And being an electrician can be a steady, stable, financially rewarding job – it certainly is not a job that can be outsourced overseas! And the recent economic downturn caused many older electricians to elect retirement which means we will be facing pent up demand in the very near future for any electricians but the need for female electricians and apprentices is dire right now!

So, if you know any young women who like to work with their hands, hate the confines of cubicles, keyboards, gender stereotypes and/or repetition, and are hard working and safety conscious; PLEASE have them go to the Indiana Plan website www.indianaplan.org and apply for the class that begins June 11, 2012.

Please feel free to forward this message and to contact me personally if you have any questions. You may also contact Dax Ramsey at the Indiana Plan, (317) 639-4661, dramsey@indianaplan.org,or JimPatterson at the Electrical Training Institute (317) 270-5282, jpatterson@electricaltraininginstitute.com. Thank you for all you do for the youth of Indiana!

Kathy G. Reehling
President - The CREW Corporation
317-713-7777 Extension 7707
kreehling@crewtech.com