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SkillsUSA Montana officers in the Montana State University-Northern Armory Gym Wednesday close the awards assembly of the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference held at Northern.
Cassie Huntley, the state director for SkillsUSA Montana, said that they brought close to 400 people to Havre for the three-day event to take part in 29 different competitions in trades including carpentry, welding, automotive, cabinet making and many more.
"It prepares them for the world of work," Huntley said. "This is the future of the workforce in America."
The current skilled workforce - the plumbers, electricians, welders and so on - is soon retiring, Huntley said. By 2018, many of them will be gone.
"We're looking at a workforce shortage in the millions because all these people a...
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