Pierce County Construction Partnership

In 2002, the Tacoma-Pierce County Employment and Training Consortium convened contractors, associations, labor, apprenticeship, economic development, education, and community-based organizations to promote construction employment and training. The Pierce County Construction Partnership works on behalf of and reports to the Employment and Training Consortium.

The Partnership has marshaled over $2 million in public and private resources to implement creative solutions to meet the partnership’s strategic goals, which include:

• Develop and maintain a private and public partnership to respond to construction industry’s workforce needs
• Increase the pool of skilled construction professionals
• Increase training capacity at all levels via traditional and innovative training mechanisms
• Enhance retention within the construction industry
• Provide information that enables the educational community to keep construction related curriculum relevant and current
• Create and maintain awareness to a diverse audience of what occupations and career ladders are available within the construction industry

The Partnership’s activities in 2004-2005 included:

• ACE Academy
• Awareness Marketing Campaign
• Get Electrified School to Electrical Apprenticeship Program
• Frame Your Future School to Carpentry Apprenticeship Program
• Pierce College Construction Management Program
• Pierce County Construction Partnership Recognition Event
• Statewide Construction Conference for Educators & Industry Representatives, in collaboration with the Renton Technical College Construction Center of Excellence
• Tacoma School District Construction Trades Career Pathway
• Youth Workforce Development Initiative