Apprenticeship Week Forum & Job Fair 2026
The 2026 San Luis Obispo County Apprenticeship Week Forum and Job Fair was held at the IBEW Local #639 Hall in Edna Valley. Students from across SLO County were able to learn about careers in the trades, get hands-on with conduit bending, pipe soldering and threading, observe demonstrations, and engage directly with apprentices in the trades.
In Support of Apprenticeship
Week
SLO County Supervisor Jimmy Paulding observes fellow Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg assisting with the BBQ.
Andrea Chmelik (representing Assembly Member Dawn Addis), SLO County District 2 Supervisor-Elect Jim Dantona, and Lucia Mar Unified School Board Member Colleen Martin.
Grover Beach Mayor Kassi Dee poses at the SLO County Workforce Development Board table.
SLO County Supervisor Jimmy Paulding observes fellow Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg assisting with the BBQ.
Apprentice Forums & Job Fairs 2026
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National Apprenticeship Week Forum & Job Fair 2025
The 2025 National Apprenticeship Week Forum and Job Fair was held at the Thomas R. Lane Apprenticeship Training Center (home of UA Local #403). Local students were able to interact with an advanced welding simulator, get hands-on with conduit bending, observe demonstrations, engage with apprentices in the trades, and hear from various speakers, including State Senator John Laird.
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors renews its support for National Apprenticeship Week. Top: Heather Moreno (D5), John Peschong (D1), Dawn Ortiz-Legg (D3), Jimmy Paulding (D4), Bruce Gibson (D5).
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors renews its support for National Apprenticeship Week. Top: Heather Moreno (D5), John Peschong (D1), Dawn Ortiz-Legg (D3), Jimmy Paulding (D4), Bruce Gibson (D5).
In Support of National Apprenticeship Week
National Apprenticeship Week Forum & Job Fair 2024
“Over the last three years the UA Local 403 has partnered with IBEW Local 639 and the Workforce Development Board to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week in San Luis Obispo. Each year public support and participation from our surrounding communities, schools and students has steadily grown. Our previous events have proved so successful that this year we added an evening event and awards ceremony hosted by The Central Coast Construction Trades where numerous local apprentices were recognized for outstanding performance. It is crucial to our local economy, as well as to the young people in our community, that we increase awareness and expand access to our local apprenticeship programs and the high road, head of household careers they represent,”
David Baldwin, Business Manager, Plumbers & Steamfitters UA Local 403.
Over 300 students, career counselors, community leaders, school administrators and local elected officials attended the local National Apprenticeship Week events in 2024, the Apprenticeship Forum & Job Fair and the Outstanding Apprenticeship Awards event.
In Support of National Apprenticeship Week
"As the Mayor of Atascadero, I would like to commend the Workforce Development Board and the Central Coast Construction Trades for organizing a local National Apprenticeship Week Forum and Job fair to raise awareness of the vital role apprenticeships provide in building a qualified and highly skilled construction trades workforce in our community,"
Atascadero Mayor Heather Moreno
SLO County Board of Supervisors