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Strengthening Career and Technical Education Act to Help Labor Shortages

  • October 26th, 2018

It is no surprise that Michigan and the U.S. continues to face a skilled trades labor shortage, in an ongoing effort to address this shortage the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act has recently been signed into law. The National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) had a large part in seeing this bill passed. This bill will reform career and technical education programs under the federal Perkins Act. The law includes reforms and improvements to make career and technical education programs more responsive to employer’s workforce needs, such as:

Expanding opportunities for work-based learning programs.
Strengthens incentives for the development of industry-recognized credentials
Providing new opportunities for collaboration between employers and educational intuitions to meet local workforce needs.

The bill will increase funding levels for these programs for the next five years.

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Austin oversees commercial roofing projects across Southeast Michigan for MacDermott Roofing. He is passionate about building strong client relationships, leading successful projects, and delivering high-quality roofing solutions. His commitment to hard work, communication, and customer service helps ensure every project is completed to the highest standard.

Julia Hicks

Julia has 15+ years experience in various professional capacities and industries focused on process improvement, people management, customer service and project management. She began her career at MacDermott as a Service Coordinator and Human Resource Manager. She is now our Operations Manager focusing on overseeing all aspects of our installation and service departments.

David Chene

David has been with MacDermott Roofing for more than 25 years. He is our chief estimator, dedicated to serving our customer’s needs and managing existing accounts for the benefit of our customers. He has experience with new construction and existing projects, private customer, and general contractors.

David M. Wilson

David has 35 Years of experience in the Metro Detroit construction industry, including 20 years with a mid-sized general contractor as Executive Vice President. 7 yrs as the owner of a land development company specializing in Urban infill mid-rise developments. 10 yrs as an independent construction consultant focused on Strategic Planning, Project Management, Dispute resolution, and Claims management.