July 22, 2022 (Chattanooga, TN) --- The Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) at Chattanooga State Community College, in partnership with Associated General Contractors of East Tennessee (AGC) and Hamilton County Schools (HCS), has announced a Construction Career Center Enrollment Day for adult students on Tuesday, July 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the All Good Coffee Shop, 2420 Glass Street, Chattanooga, TN, 37406.

The new Construction Career Center was developed to provide a new vocational training center for the construction trades. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as economic growth and population increase, the demand will grow for new buildings, roads, and other structures creating a gain of about 400,000 new jobs nationwide. Annual median wages for all construction and extraction occupations start at $48K and up.

“The school’s new Workforce Development Director, Susan Cowden, will be onsite to share more information about the program and to navigate prospective students through the enrollment process,” said Leslie Gower, CEO of AGC East Tennessee.

Classes are slated to begin August 15 at the Chattanooga TCAT, taught by Chattanooga State’s Dustin Richards, associate instructor, Construction Technology, before moving to the new facility in mid-October. Students will receive 1500 hours of classroom and hands-on training in the construction trades, OSHA 10, work-based learning opportunities, job site visits, and connectivity with construction employers across the region.

For more information about this exciting new program, contact Susan Cowden at (423) 265-1111 susan@agcetn.org, or Dustin Richards at (423) 697-3176 dustin.richards@chattanoogastate.edu.