Workforce Development

Barton Malow’s Community Engagement Program has a proactive approach to building a strong, diverse workforce through the following initiatives:

• Create training opportunities that increase diversity and inclusion of women and minorities in the skilled trades
• Strengthen relationships with government, workforce, and educational partners focused on career tech education (CTE) and on-the-job training
• Create a pathway for job seekers to connect with subcontractors seeking to fill skilled trades positions on our projects
• Seek to employ local residents, including those of the immediate surrounding neighborhoods of our projects
• Provide paid skilled trades training through the Barton Malow Bootcamp pre-apprenticeship program

Barton Malow Boot Camp

Created in 2016, the Barton Malow Boot Camp is a six-week paid work experience program that provides an opportunity for area residents between the ages of 18-24 to learn industry fundamentals. The training focuses on the experience needed to enter a career in the skilled trades. The program is an industry outreach collaborative with our clients, local government, trade unions, and professional development partners seeking to create a viable talent pool to support the industry’s trade labor shortage.

The 120-hour program includes a historic overview of the construction industry and culture, financial literacy, OSHA and soft skills training, information on apprentice career paths, on-the-job training in concrete, heavy civil, and much more. Every boot camper is assigned a Barton Malow mentor, a skilled tradesperson on the project site, who spends two days per week during the program providing career guidance and hands-on demonstrations to the participants.

Participants in this program come from a variety of sources, including the Barton Malow workforce database, career fairs, local career, and technical centers, vocational schools, technical colleges, building trade unions, employment service providers, and labor-management groups. Our goal is to not only provide opportunities for training but to promote continual growth.

Workforce Development Partnerships

• CDC of Tampa

• Grow Detroit’s Young Talent

• Youthbuild

• Michigan Building Trades 

• National Association of Building Trades Unions

• Fayetteville Technical Community College

• Detroit Public Schools Community District

• Women in Skilled Trades

• Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation 

• Oakland County Michigan Works

• Capital Area Michigan Works

• Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit

Workforce Development Awards

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