Heidi Hommel at KTAR News reports on the Arizona Pipe Trades, which plans to expand its Joint Apprenticeship Training Center in Phoenix after receiving a $15 million investment from the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.  Arizona needs to fill 265,000 construction jobs by next December, according to the Phoenix Chamber Foundation.  The Arizona Pipe Trades is training the workforce that will build many of the semi-conductor manufacturing facilities being built across the Valley.  Apprenticeships offer five-year training programs in Plumbing, Pipefitting and HVAC-Refrigeration Trades.  The Joint Apprenticeship Training Center has about 1,000 Apprentices at a time with plans to expand to over 2,000.  About 300 Journeymen graduate a year and there is a waitlist to get in.

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