Articles tagged "Apprentice Hiring Project"
Apprentice Hiring Project supports accessible workplace
September 27, 2023
The work of custom wood framing apprentice Blair Jones is top notch. At work sites he adapts and learns quickly, working alongside colleagues to accomplish tasks. But Blair is unlike most of his peers in the trades in that he is a paraplegic, having endured a spinal cord injury at the age of 17 while mountain biking. As a paraplegic and despite significant skills, Blair has always struggled with accessibility at job sites and employers keeping their word to keep him busy. “Finding career focused work in the trades with a spinal cord inj...
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