Popular construction training program for students to double [Video]

Students Tiffany Wickhardt-Hodges and Alexandra Niculina, both 17, work with a team of students to use math and measurements to create a wood trapezoid at the LIUNA Local 837 E.H. Mancinelli Training Centre on Hunter Road in Grimsby on April 7, 2025.

Kate McCullough/The Hamilton Spectator

About a dozen students gathered around a shop whiteboard, calculating angles before joining carefully cut pieces of wood to make seamless corners.

On Monday, students from Hamilton, Halton and Niagara were learning to use power tools, practising precision with table and hand saws. Other days, they might be learning to rig and hoist heavy materials, read blueprints or operate forklifts, skid steers and mini excavators.

Kate McCullough is a reporter for the Hamilton Spectator,covering education. Reach her at [email protected].