Charlotte invests more than $2M in training for local transportation jobs – WBTV

Charlotte invests more than $2M in training for local transportation jobs  WBTV

Participants are in the first week of a four-week boot camp, where they are learning CPR, first aid and job-site safety before starting hands-on construction work. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Charlotte is investing more than $2 million in programs to help local workers get the skills to compete for jobs tied to billions of dollars in planned transportation and transit projects. One of those programs, Skilled to Build, has 19 people in its current class. Participants are in the first week of a four-week boot camp, where they are learning CPR, first aid and job-site safety before starting hands-on construction work. Katrissa Johnson, who goes by Tee, is a Charlotte native and a mother of four.

She said she enrolled because she wanted a career with more financial stability. “I was working two jobs. And just realizing, working two jobs is still trying to make ends meet. It was like, it’s time for something different and something that I can build a career off of,” Johnson said. Johnson found out about Skilled to Build while searching for work online. She is one of three women in the class, which is learning the basic first steps of road construction. “I like working with my hands and I like being outdoors,” Johnson said. Charlotte is preparing for more than $25 billion in