career fair – Daily Journal of Commerce /news/tag/career-fair/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Thu, 23 May 2019 20:35:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 /files/2023/08/favicon.webp career fair – Daily Journal of Commerce /news/tag/career-fair/ 32 32 Photos: Group reaches out to the next generation /news/2019/05/21/photos-construction-group-reaches-next-generation/ /news/2019/05/21/photos-construction-group-reaches-next-generation/#comments Tue, 21 May 2019 18:01:19 +0000 /?p=189080 Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. last week held its annual career fair to introduce girls and women to opportunities available in the skilled trades.

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Courtney Newberg, left, an apprentice ironworker with Local 29 and Refa Steel Erectors, gives a student a lesson on using an oxy-acetylene cutting torch during Oregon Tradeswomen Inc.'s annual career fair last week. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Courtney Newberg, left, an apprentice ironworker with Local 29 and Refa Steel Erectors, gives a student a lesson on using an oxy-acetylene cutting torch during ‘s annual last week. (Josh Kulla/91视频)

Tradeswomen Inc. held its annual career fair on Friday and Saturday, drawing hundreds of students and women interested in the trades to the NECA-IBEW Electrical Training Center in Northeast .

More than 70 companies and organizations hosted exhibitions, and 40 interactive workshops and activities were available to attendees at the two-day event. 2019 marked the 27th annual career fair, which is intended to introduce young women to career opportunities in the . More than 100 volunteers contributed to OTI’s event this year.

On Friday, high school students from around Oregon attended the career fair. Then on Saturday, OTI welcomed the general public.

Walsh Construction Co. estimator Erick Klock helps students assemble a model house at the Oregon Tradeswomen Career Fair Friday. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Walsh Co. estimator Erick Klock helps students assemble a model house at the Oregon Tradeswomen Career Fair Friday. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Minna Long, an apprentice ironworker with Local 29 and an employee of Eastern Steel Erectors, adjusts a student's tool belt at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Minna Long, an apprentice ironworker with Local 29 and an employee of Eastern Steel Erectors, adjusts a student’s tool belt at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Apprentice ironworker Jessica Boggs, bottom, a member of Local 29 and an employee of Hoffman Construction, guides a student in climbing a steel column. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Apprentice ironworker Jessica Boggs, bottom, a member of Local 29 and an employee of Hoffman Construction, guides a student in climbing a steel column. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Students carry a truss to a model house under construction at the OTI Career Fair. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Students carry a truss to a model house under construction at the OTI Career Fair. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Students get a lift in a Bonneville Power Administration bucket truck at the OTI Career Fair Friday. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Students get a lift in a Bonneville Power Administration bucket truck at the OTI Career Fair Friday. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
A student tries their hand at metal inert gas welding at the OTI Career Fair last Friday. Apprentice ironworker Courtney Newberg of Local 29 and Refa Steel Erectors gives guidance. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
A student tries their hand at metal inert gas welding at the OTI Career Fair last Friday. Apprentice ironworker Courtney Newberg of Local 29 and Refa Steel Erectors gives guidance. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Students repair a simulated water main break at a display run by the Portland Water Bureau. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Students repair a simulated water main break at a display run by the Portland Water Bureau. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Kirstie Reeves, right, an apprentice mason with Local 1 and an employee of J&S Masonry, teaches students how to apply mortar. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Kirstie Reeves, right, an apprentice mason with Local 1 and an employee of J&S Masonry, teaches students how to apply mortar. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Ironworkers with Local 29 work with a student as she climbs a steel model at the OTI Career Fair. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Ironworkers with Local 29 work with a student as she climbs a steel model at the OTI Career Fair. (Josh Kulla/91视频)

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Portland Water Bureau utility worker apprentice Rose Crounse works on a simulated leaking water main with students Friday at the 26th annual Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. career fair at the NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center in northeast Portland.
Water Bureau utility worker apprentice Rose Crounse works on a simulated leaking water main with students Friday at the 26th annual Tradeswomen Inc. at the NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center in northeast Portland. (Josh Kulla/91视频)

 

hosted its 26th annual Career Fair last Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19, at the NECA/ Electrical Training Center in northeast Portland. More than 1,700 women high school students from 75 Oregon high schools attended the fair Friday, while the general public was invited to check out the 100-plus demonstrations and booths hosted by and and agencies including the Portland Fire Bureau and Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue. Check out this gallery of photos from Friday’s session, which featured young women engaged in searching out possible in the trades. Click here to read about the event.

 

Mason apprentice Kirstie Reeves demonstrates basic techniques of brick laying to Evergreen (Vancouver) High School student Justice Trujillo Friday at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. career fair.
Mason apprentice Kirstie Reeves demonstrates basic techniques of brick laying to Evergreen (Vancouver) High School student Justice Trujillo Friday at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. career fair. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Students gather Friday around a carpentry booth at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. career fair sponsored by Bremik Construction. The event involved more than 100 companies and public agencies and some 1,700 students on the first day alone.
Students gather Friday around a carpentry booth at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. career fair sponsored by Bremik Construction. The event involved more than 100 companies and public agencies and some 1,700 students on the first day alone. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Hands on exposure to the trades for young women is the aim of the annual Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair, held this year on Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19, at the NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center in northeast Portland.
Hands on exposure to the trades for young women is the aim of the annual Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair, held this year on Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19, at the NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center in northeast Portland. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
The Portland Fire Bureau was just one of many public agencies demonstrating its equipment and mission May 18 and 19 at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. career fair at the NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center in northeast Portland.
The Portland Fire Bureau was just one of many public agencies demonstrating its equipment and mission May 18 and 19 at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. career fair at the NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center in northeast Portland. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Students work on fixing a simulated water main break at a Portland Water Bureau demonstration last Friday at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair in Portland.
Students work on fixing a simulated water main break at a Portland Water Bureau demonstration last Friday at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair in Portland. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue Firefighter/EMT Jen Turner shows a student how to operate a fire hose last Friday at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair.
Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue Firefighter/EMT Jen Turner shows a student how to operate a fire hose last Friday at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Ironworkers from Local 29 man a demonstration booth Friday at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair held at the NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center in northeast Portland.
Ironworkers from Local 29 man a demonstration booth Friday at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair held at the NECA/IBEW Electrical Training Center in northeast Portland. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Rosie Punzo of the Oregon Department of Transportation helps a student with a safety harness prior to a ride in a bucket truck last Friday at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair.
Rosie Punzo of the Oregon Department of Transportation helps a student with a safety harness prior to a ride in a bucket truck last Friday at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair. (Josh Kulla/91视频)
Students build toolboxes at a demonstration booth at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair hosted by Bremik Construction.
Students build toolboxes at a demonstration booth at the Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. Career Fair hosted by Bremik Construction. (Josh Kulla/91视频)

 

 

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