Build Montana pilot program giving Billings students leg up in construction industry

Montana’s construction industry has two problems – supply and demand.

There aren’t enough workers, or applicants. So the Montana Contractors Association is trying to solve both problems with one solution: a Billings-area pilot program called Build Montana.

“Imagine that I wanted to come work for you and I didn’t know anything about the machine,” posed John Hurd, the program’s instructor. “If you’re the owner, you’re like, ‘I have to teach you how to safely be around the job site, how to get around the machine.’ These folks are going to have a leg up.”

By: Casey Conlon