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Plumbers and electricians are essential workers with well-paying jobs.  And yet skilled trades face worker shortages and struggle to recruit young people.

This hour, we take a look at vocational education. We talk with a teacher and a student from one of Connecticut’s technical high schools.

And we ask a national expert: what can the Biden administration do to build up a new generation of tradespeople?

We want to hear from you. Do you work in a skilled trade?

GUESTS:
Dave Arnott - Plumbing and Heating Department Head at A.I. Prince Technical High School in Hartford, also heating curriculum chair for the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS)
Qahdir Muhammad - Senior at A.I. Prince Technical High School in the plumbing and heating track.
Brent Parton - Deputy Director of the Center on Education and Labor at New America, a public policy think tank in Washington, D.C.
Todd Berch - Apprenticeship Manager for Connecticut Department of Labor

Plumbers and electricians are essential workers with well-paying jobs.&nbsp; And yet skilled trades face worker shortages and struggle to recruit young people.
This hour, we take a look at vocational education. We talk with a teacher and a student from one of Connecticut&rsquo;s technical high schools.
And we ask a national expert: what can the Biden administration do to build up a new generation of tradespeople?
We want to hear from you. Do you work in a skilled trade?
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Dave Arnott -&nbsp;Plumbing and Heating Department Head at A.I. Prince Technical High School in Hartford, also heating curriculum chair for the&nbsp;Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS)</li>
<li>Qahdir Muhammad -&nbsp;Senior at A.I. Prince Technical High School in the plumbing and heating track.</li>
<li>Brent Parton -&nbsp;Deputy Director of the Center on Education and Labor at New America, a public policy think tank in Washington, D.C.</li>
<li>Todd Berch -&nbsp;Apprenticeship Manager for Connecticut Department of Labor</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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