Daniella Genovese at FOXBusiness reports the Nation’s Skilled Trades Workforce, which is critical to keeping the country's infrastructure and economy running, is rapidly declining. While many companies are working to address the shortage, General Motors (GM) has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to build its own pipeline of future Workers. Over the past five years alone, GM has invested more than $242 million in its Skilled Trades Apprenticeship Program, which is geared toward training the next generation of Skilled Trade Professionals - with a combination of classroom instruction and thousands of hours of hands-on experience at a GM facility, Michael Trevorrow, GM's Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing, tells FOX Business. Apprentices will go through up to 672 hours of related technical instruction in a classroom setting and 7,920 hours of on-the-job training with a qualified Skilled Trades Person. Focus areas of the program include a Diemaker, Electrician, Experimental Assembler Inspector, Experimental Laboratory Paint Technician, Millwright, Metal Model Maker, Wood Model Maker, Pattern Maker, Pipefitter, Toolmaker and Machine Repairer. The National Association of Manufacturers, The Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte estimated in a 2021 report the country's manufacturing skills gap could lead to 2.1 million unfilled jobs by 2030, costing the economy potentially $1 trillion.

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