ValleyBuild programs around the 14-county region graduated 50 students during the first quarter of 2022, and more classes are forming to train men and women for solid, good-paying jobs in construction industry trades.

An all-female ValleyBuild class launching this summer in Fresno aspires to bring more women into the construction trades.

BAKERSFIELD – More than half the 17 recent graduates of Kern County’s apprenticeship readiness program are now at work in the construction industry.