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

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