You’re going to have a lifelong career.
Members of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 150 and 153 discuss their solar installation apprenticeship programs, and several apprentices testify to the benefits these programs have provided them.
Pre-apprentice Allie Elkins says that her apprenticeship program does not interfere with her day job, and she additionally gets paid for time spent in the program.
Business Representative Carl Shaffer notes that recruiting for the solar apprenticeship program has been easy thanks to the number of people already interested in becoming apprentices through the program.
Foreman Jillian Kelly is encouraged by the number of young women who are wanting to learn about solar installation and who are finding solar careers thanks to apprenticeship programs.
Pre-apprentice Evelyn Godinez takes pride in being able to see a completed solar project and knowing that it she was the one who helped build it.
Senior Business Manager James Gardiner firmly believes that long-term strength of the solar industry is going to afford lifelong careers to solar workers.
