1.Training for Industry Workers: When statewide data showed that opioids related overdose deaths were particularly prevalent in Rhode Island’s construction industry, Building Futures partnered with the RI Building and Construction Trades Council and the RI Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America. The outcome? A hands-on training that gives leaders and industry workers
Building Futures is proud to congratulate our first construction pre-apprenticeship graduates since the onset of COVID-19. A class was scheduled to begin just weeks after Rhode Island’s first stay at home order in March. Despite the setback, the prospective trainees persevered and began training in July 2020 in smaller cohorts
Apprentices at Parent Support Network of Rhode Island training on Zoom. New Registered Apprenticeships Are Preparing Rhode Islanders to Provide Services to Address the Opioids Crisis Rhode Island was hit hard by the national opioids crisis. The need for trained high-quality community based health workers rapidly outpaced the existing workforce. Building Futures
Congratulations on your new job! As an apprentice, you are launching a new rewarding career. This short video gives you the info you need to learn your rights and responsibilities as an apprentice. You can download and save the presentation and handouts below. Download New Apprentice Orientation Materials Handouts provide
Building Futures' construction pre-apprentice graduates are gaining valuable hands-on experience while making a lasting impact on our Olneyville neighborhood. As a partner with ONE Neighborhood Builders' Sheridan Street Small Homes project, Building Futures graduates are building: Five net-zero, single-family homes. Each home includes: 2 bedroom, 1.5
Building Futures | Apprenticeship Rhode Island works with private employers, government agencies and leaders, education partners, and individuals to advance the use of Registered Apprenticeship as a workforce development tool in high growth industries across the state. Together with our partners, we're celebrating the growth of Apprenticeship, and what that growth means for
The most important lesson in workforce development: Listen to your employees. That’s exactly what Brown Medicine did, and through a partnership with Building Futures' Apprenticeship Rhode Island initiative, developed a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Apprenticeship program; providing an opportunity for growth within the company that wasn’t available before. “The number one motivator for us
Opioids dependency is devastating communities across Rhode Island and is of particular concern in the construction industry, where physical work can lead to injury and prescription opioids can lead to dependency. Building Futures' strategy is two-fold. Our training, RI Opioids Crisis: Our Response. Our Recovery, empowers workers, unions, and contracts with information and
Read the 2016 Case Western Reserve University Report The Benefits and Costs of Apprenticeships: A Business Perspective
