Pre-apprenticeship program developed for water/wastewater workforce

A collaboration between academia and government is working to recruit and train a younger generation of workers to fill vacancies of retiring baby boomers.

It's estimated that 30 to 50% of the water/wastewater workforce nationwide could retire in the next decade. Locally these positions are in high demand and that is why a pre-apprenticeship program has been developed. Rhodes State College, Ohio Means Jobs Allen County, the City of Lima and Allen County have partnered up to encourage people age 18 to 24 years old to think about taking this "boot camp" style program...read more.