Lake Charles Growth

[simplepeddler]

[QUOTE=Reggoh;622335]This is good advice... I work for an Industrial Electrical contractor based in SW LA and I can tell you that we highly promote ABC school by giving an extra $1/hr to helpers that attend school after work.

Guys that complete craft training at Sowela and ABC are still classified as Entry Level (Top Helper) until they get the field experience. Now I will say that these guys typically advance faster than non-trained employees but it's not overnight.

We are already starting to see the advance planning stages of the predicted construction boom. All 3 of the LNG facilities are doing work right now in preparation for their upcoming expansions. There will be ALOT of work in the Lake Charles area in the next 5-10 years... all of these expansions will require new skilled labor... now is the time to get that experience.


Electrical distribution for 30 years now........and for 30 years we have been talking about the skilled labor shortage......it ebbs and flows.....time is the issue.

Still today kids that work hard, keep a clean head and pass a pee test can work themselves up to six figures in this state.