Hiring GREAT/CCI Employees

Craft Professionals Are Available

The Gulf Coast Workforce Development Initiative, a partnership of federal, state and local government agencies, businesses, community organizations and construction trade groups and associations, launched the GREAT campaign to recruit and train up to 20,000 skilled construction workers in the Gulf Coast.  The Initiative has met and exceeded this goal and is now working through a merger with the Choose Construction Initiative (CCI) to help those trainees achieve Level I and Level II craft training and get employment in the craft of their choice.  The Initiative is also working to recruit additional candidates who have a high level of employability and prepare them for construction. Learn More »

Certified Training from a Recognized Leader

Instructors certified by the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) have to date trained all GREAT participants, although apprenticeship programs offered through organized labor are also available.   NCCER, a not-for-profit education foundation created to help address the critical workforce shortage facing the construction industry, has also been a leader in developing industry-driven standardized craft training programs with portable credentials. Learn More »

NCCER has been the leader in providing standardized construction education and training accreditation since its inception in the early 1990’s.   With the backing of many of the worlds largest construction firms NCCER has developed standardized training programs in over 40 craft areas, and its Careers in Construction Week has been officially recognized by a number of governors.   The standardized training programs, which all GREAT trainees participate in, provide a proven curriculum recognized nationwide. Learn more about NCCER »

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