Pictured is Jason Fincke, executive director of the Builders Guild of Western PA, while he discussed career opportunities and expectations with Quehanna Boot Camp offenders during Apprenticeship Day event on Oct. 15. (Provided photo)
KARTHAUS – The Quehanna Boot Camp, in conjunction with the Builders Guild of Western PA and members of the Western Pennsylvania Joint Apprenticeship Training Centers (JATC), held an Apprenticeship Day event Oct. 15, for the nearly 500 male and female offenders incarcerated at the Quehanna Boot Camp in the State Intermediate Punishment and Boot Camp programs.
Throughout the course of the day, representatives from the Builders Guild of Western PA, Ironworkers Local No. 3, Bricklayers Local No. 9, Cement Masons Local No. 526, Western PA Laborers Union, IBEW Local No. 5, Steamfitters Local No. 449, Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 12, Roofers Local No. 37 and Carpenters Training Center gave brief presentations on career paths and opportunities in the union building and construction trades industry.
Offenders then had an opportunity to stop at each union’s table to obtain additional information and applications.
The Apprenticeship Day event is part of Quehanna Boot Camp’s reentry initiative to assist offenders with obtaining meaningful careers upon their release.