JUMPSTART FLYER BLAST DETROIT BLAST (Building Literacy, Apprentices, Skills Trade). BLAST Detroit 16+ (16 years and older) Skills Trades Careers Exploration Competencies Based Pathway Counseling is a combination or workshops, orientations, classroom and hands on related instruction in which participants learn the practical and theoretical aspects of a highly skilled occupations. BLAST Detroit participants will have the opportunity to be sponsored by trade unions, individual employers, joint employers, corporations and labor groups. The BLAST program mission is to meet the needs of the skilled trades labor workforce. It is a unique, flexible training system that combine classroom and hands-on instruction leading to structured on-the-job learning experiences.
BLAST Detroit, Skilled Trades Apprenticeship Readiness (ARP) is designed to help reduce the skills trade gap for the thousands of construction, manufacturing and STEM related technology jobs. BLAST Detroit also prepare individual with disabilities, at risk teenagers and adults to enter and succeed in the skills trades industry. Together, skills trade and high school or GED completion expand the career pathway and opportunities for adult populations, people with disabilities and at risk teenagers. Quality pre-apprenticeship programs contribute to the development of a diverse and skilled population to meet the basic qualifications for entry into the 21st Century work force. BLAST provide strong recruitment efforts for under-represented populations. Education and career counseling services that prepare participants to meet the minimum qualifications for entry into a Registered Apprenticeship program.
JUMPSTART FLYER BLAST DETROIT
SERVICES
16+Skills Trades Careers Exploration Counseling Pathways (16 and older)
Entrepreneurship Coaching- prepare individuals for business building skills and ownership
Technology workshops– familiarize Individuals with STEM Careers and Manufacturing
Re-Entry Citizens- Provisions assist re-entry individuals with skill trades training and social integration
Advocacy-for Individuals with Disabilities skills training, employment and inclusion
Financial Literacy Workshops-Improving financial literacy skills within and outside of the home
Virtual High School Program-High School completion online for students and adults
Literacy Intervention– providing tutoring and Instruction to adults who function below the 4th grade in reading, writing, math
BLAST
Improving Lives and Communities