{"id":22137,"date":"2013-10-14T17:56:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T17:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=22137"},"modified":"2013-10-14T17:56:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T17:56:06","slug":"new-spot-in-austin-tx-career-in-the-sheet-metal-industry-pays-while-you-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/new-spot-in-austin-tx-career-in-the-sheet-metal-industry-pays-while-you-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin, TX:  Career In the Sheet Metal Industry Pays While You Learn","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/austin.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-22141\" style=\"margin: 4px;border: 1px solid black\" alt=\"austin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/austin-300x185.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/austin-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/austin.jpg 543w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>Amanda York was looking for job security after graduating.<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s one of a few dozen apprentices with the Sheet Metal 67 Union in east Austin.<br \/>\n&#8220;Here we&#8217;re practicing our three pass weld,&#8221; said York.<br \/>\nAmanda wants to be a welder.<br \/>\nAnd she&#8217;s getting the opportunity to learn her trade for free.<br \/>\n&#8220;Well you can think of the apprenticeship as a scholarship,&#8221; said Michael Kramm, Training Coordinator Sheet Metal 67.<br \/>\nHow it works is anyone who is a high school graduate and 18 years old &#8211; can learn the sheet metal industry for free and get paid while working as an apprentice.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/local\/austin\/free-education-while-getting-paid-to-work\">Click here for more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda York was looking for job security after graduating. 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