By Doug Cunningham

Helmets to Hardhats is an apprenticeship program started in New York City in 2003 that helps military veterans, active duty personnel and reservists to find good union jobs after they leave the service. Helmets To Hardhats’ Anne Trinkl says it’s an excellent way to reward and honor those who serve the country by helping transition them into solid middle class and higher jobs in the construction industry.

[Trinkl]: “After the service that these young men and women have provided to our country we feel as an industry that it's only right that they be rewarded with an opportunity to become the middle class or higher of the country."

Trinkl says the length of time spent in the Helmets To Hardhats program varies, according to the requirements of the particular trade involved.
She says this program is a unique opportunity to help create the future - a good, middle-class future, for those who serve in the military

[Trinkl 2]: "Helmets to Hardhats is the first time an industry as a whole has come together with a national initiative that connects transitioning, active duty and reserve component members with training and employment opportunity within the construction industry nationwide."