by Maine Mechanical | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Lauren Abbate, BDN Staff • September 13, 2019 6:00 amUpdated: September 13, 2019 8:18 am ROCKLAND, Maine ― For 40 years, the Midcoast School of Technology was housed in a former boat building factory that was not designed for the multitude of...read more
by Maine Mechanical | Aug 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Rapidly growing participation in the state-administered program is raising concerns that it will become overwhelmed. Participation in a state-sponsored apprenticeship program developed in the early 1940s is skyrocketing as Maine employers are desperately seeking out...read more
by Maine Mechanical | Aug 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
BIDDEFORD — Biddeford Regional Center of Technology graduate Nate Leary of Saco became the first high school graduate in the State of Maine to pass the State’s journeyman plumbing exam through a new career pathway option created by state legislation. Passed last...read more
by Maine Mechanical | Aug 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Saying the jobs are in demand and high-paying, the community college in Auburn will offer two-year degree programs in the trades beginning this fall. https://www.centralmaine.com/2019/01/28/cmcc-to-add-two-traditional-trades-majors-plumbing-and-hvac/read more
by Maine Mechanical | Jul 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Maine has long been a leader in clean energy, but there are opportunities for us to promote this growing field while preserving our heritage industries. Jobs in the clean energy field range from highly skilled technicians, electricians, plumbers, pipefitters and...read more
by Maine Mechanical | Jul 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
One approach, which too few seem to be discussing, is for high schools to return to providing more vocational training in areas where there are good paying jobs here in Maine. I am talking plumbing, construction, electrical work, jobs that currently offer incomes in...read more
