An Editorial in The Parkersburg News And Sentinel states the impact Apprenticeship Programs are having in the State of West Virginia.  In part, the Editorial reads: According to West Virginia Affiliated Construction Trades Director Justin Williams, Apprenticeship Programs are growing here.  For those hoping to work in the budding aviation, aerospace and even electric vehicle manufacturing industries in our State - or be part of the workforce that helps build those industries - Apprenticeship Programs can put them in a position to make STARTING wages of $20 to $23 per hour, according to Williams.  “With the investments we’re seeing in these factories, these are (20, 30, 40)-year-old or more careers that people coming out of high school now can have.  They’ll have a living wage, benefits and a pension,” he said.

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