David Cook

About David Cook

David Cook, MBA, is a Career Counselor with the Northeast Minnesota Office of Job Training and the project lead for the 218 Trades initiative. From 2009 to 2018 Dave was the Director of Career Services with Duluth Business University. Overall, Dave has over 20 years working with unemployed, underemployed, and youth of Northeastern Minnesota. Dave is a familiar voice in Northland radio, co hosting “The Northland Sports Page” every Saturday morning.

January 2020

Apprenticeships in the 218
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Apprenticeships in the 218

By David Cook|2020-05-21T11:49:01-05:00January 3rd, 2020|

218Trades and the Apprenticeship Summit 2019 Back in June, I was invited to be on a planning team for the 2019 Apprenticeship Summit which was to be held in Duluth on November 15th. The 218trades part of the summit was headed up by NEMOJT's Heath Boe, one of the point people for 218trades and a believer in how a renewed focus on the opportunities in the trades can impact lives in "the 218." Anyway... Working in conjunction with Elena Foshay from Duluth Workforce Development, Rick Martagon and Jeremy Parker from the State of Minnesota, along with many others, [...]

The trades have Good pay, even at a starting wage. Advancements are there if you take it seriously and want to improve your career. The demand is strong.

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We have requests for 2 to 3 times the work that we can perform. If I had qualified job foremen and quality workers available, we could build many more homes and projects than we do.

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There is a great satisfaction in building, and completing quality projects for people. The work has great variety, and the learning experiences are invaluable.

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Contact our Team

Dave Cook

218-623-5972

Duluth, North Shore, Proctor, Hermantown, South Saint Louis County, Koochiching County, Northern Itasca County and General inquiries into 218Trades

Amanda Voller

218-735-6120

Aitkin, Grand Rapids, Hill City, McGregor, Crosby, Aitkin and Itasca Counties

Jacky Bird

218-735-6103

Iron Range and Northern St Louis County

Renee Prout

218-735-6176

Iron Range and Northern parts of St Louis County

Laura Nilsen

218-623-5978

Cloquet, Esko, Moose Lake, Cromwell and all of Carlton County

For Presentation or speaking inquiry contact the person listed above for your area

For Social Media inquiry Contact Jacky Bird at 218-735-6103 or email jacky.bird@nemojt.org

Interested in Sponsoring 218Trades? Call or email Dave Cook at 218-623-5972 dave.cook@nemojt.org or Laura Nilsen 218-623-5978 Laura.nilsen@nemojt.org

Are you a contractor looking for more information call Renee at 218-735-6176 renee.prout@nemojt.com