MOUNT VERNON — The Knox County Career Center Building Trades program recognized 10 students who earned the status of “Building Trades Elite.”
“Building Trades Elite” (BT Elite) is a program generated by former KCCC building trades instructor Colby Clippinger and the KCCC Building Trades Advisory Council that began in 2019-2020.
Joe Stallard, KCCC’s new building trades instructor, will continue the BT Elite program.
The program’s criteria center around attendance, discipline, industry credentialing, and extracurricular activities. A point system is set up where students earn points for attendance, grades, industry credentialing, and extracurricular activities.
Students can lose points for being tardy, absent, or for discipline issues. To earn “BT Elite” status, students must earn 250 points. They must maintain 250 points or higher until graduation to keep the “BT Elite” status.
Local companies sponsor BT Elite program
The “BT Elite” program is completely company-sponsored. Students who earn “BT Elite” status are awarded a hoodie and an interview shirt.
The companies pay for the hoodies and interview shirts. The hoodie has the Building Trades Elite crest on the back, along with the company sponsors.
The student’s name and “BT Elite” are on the front of the hoodie and the interview shirt.
“We appreciate the companies who have partnered with us on the ‘BT Elite’ program,” Clippinger and Stallard said.
Seventy-two students from the Building Trades program have now earned “BT Elite” status since its inception.
“We look forward to continuing the BT Elite program here at KCCC,” Stallard said.
“The BT Elite program gives students something to strive for each day. Our industry partners will continue to benefit from hiring a well-rounded and industry-prepared student.”
KCCC & the Building Trades program appreciate the companies that sponsor “BT Elite.”
They include J & B Acoustical, Ohio Contractors Association, ProTech Basement Solutions, LiUNA! Local 1216, Kokosing, Corna Kokosing, Brennstuhl Construction, Modern Builders, Gray Mechanical, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 735, Holmes Rental & Sales, Meade Roofing Services, Small’s Sand & Gravel, Ellis Brothers, Igel, Ruhlin, Knox Concrete, ACP, Mack Industries, and Rietschlin Construction.