As boomers are retiring from skilled labor jobs, there’s not enough new comers to fill the gaps. Not only is this frustrating for employers, experts say this “skills gap” has the possibility to hold back the progress tax payers are paying for through the infrastructure bill.
More home and garden projects that people started during the pandemic have led to an increase in demand for the stone and brickwork the business supplies."Help is hard to find. Good help is hard to find," said Rick Yates, sales manager at Brickyard Building Materials.
"Our average craft worker is somewhere between 42 and 45 years old right now, which is not a sustainable craft or industry," said Peter Tateishi, CEO of the Association of General Contractors of California. Kevin Brown, director of the pre-apprenticeship program for the Sacramento Sierra Building Trades, trains women, former prisoners, veterans and unhoused people in skilled construction jobs.
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