Music City Construction Careers creates pathways to Union craft building trades careers for Nashville residents, with an emphasis on serving women, communities of color, transitioning veterans, and other populations historically underserved by workforce development programs.
Average Apprenticeship Pay: $18.70/hr + BenefitsAverage Apprenticeship Graduate Pay: $50,000 – $75,000/year + Benefits |
Nashville’s construction industry is booming, but the current workforce development pipeline is broken.
As a city, we’re missing a golden opportunity to create avenues to middle-class jobs for a generation of Nashvillians and to address the city’s growing racial and economic inequality.
To address these problems, we convene trade unions, business sponsors, and community groups to provide apprentice readiness programming and wraparound services including mentorship and career counseling.
By connecting working people to middle-class job training and opportunity, we aim to strengthen families, strengthen neighborhoods, and create a more equitable city for all.
Our Goals:
- Provide pathways for low-income Nashvillians to enter rewarding, highskilled, and family-sustaining careers, while creating a pipeline of new talent to meet the booming construction industry’s labor demands.
- Significantly increase the participation of underrepresented populations (including women, people of color, veterans, individuals with disabilities) in apprenticeship programs and construction crafts in Nashville.
- Advocate for the critical role that apprenticeships programs can play in developing a skilled workforce and addressing inequality.
