careers/parents-teachers-counselors
Parents, Teachers and Counselors

We know that you want the very best for your children and your students. They have many decisions to make in the coming years regarding the direction they should pursue.

What type of career should they pursue?

Should they go to college?

How can they prepare themselves for the job market?

The purpose of this section of our web site is to provide you with information and resources that will help you give advice and counsel to your sons and daughters, your students, and other young people with whom you interact.

Construction – "Gold Collar Jobs" – Offers:

• Career ladders with unlimited opportunities for career advancement with outstanding income potential
• The chance to learn and develop new skills
• A variety of exciting careers to choose from
• A career where you can see results of your work every day

How do you make the switch into construction? Construction offers a variety of career opportunities. The following is a list of careers with a future. Click on the link to learn more about a particular trade:
• Architecture
• Brick Masonry
• Carpentry
• Commercial Painting
• Concrete
• Drywall
• Electrical
• Engineering (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical)
• Estimating
• Excavating
• Heating & Air Conditioning
• Insulation
• Plumbing
• Project Management
• Roofing
• Safety Management
• Sheet Metal Mechanic

Is there a career day happening at your school? Do you need a display and company representative to be there?

The School-to-Career Committee would like to advertise upcoming career fair and career day activities in South Central Pa. to ABC members. Contact Julina at the Chapter office, 717.653.8106, to connect with the School-to-Career Committee.

Our Scholarship Program may help send your child to school! The deadline to apply is February 23, 2007.