Wiseman was accompanied by Bob Weiss, president of the Home Builders Association of Kentucky and chairman of the NAHB Executive Officers Council, and Todd Johnson, executive officer of the Home Builders Association of Lexington.
“It was a great visit, and what a program,” said Weiss. “I will certainly encourage other executive officers to reach out to their local HBI Job Corps program. This is a member resource that has been kept secret long enough.”
Following his visit, Johnson is already preparing a story for his association’s newsletter and is in the process of encouraging his members to participate in Job Corps by making classroom presentations and working with students as mentors.
The possibility of establishing a network of home builders associations in the Southeast that will link up to Job Corps students who are seeking employment is currently being considered.
Meanwhile, HBI trustee Steve Nellis, of Centex Homes, took several of his company’s Dallas-area subcontractors to the North Texas Job Corps Center in nearby McKinney.
“It was very productive,” said Nellis. “Several subcontractors are interested in becoming members of the center’s Industry Advisory Council and Dennis Bond, of North Texas Airco, even offered to donate training equipment for the students.”
Under the Workforce Investment Act, the Industry Advisory Councils help decide what training in the trades is provided at the Job Corps centers.
For more information on HBI’s Job Corps programs, e-mail Maria McIntyre or call her at 800-368-5242 x8912.
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