Shaw Local | August 14, 2025

Graduates of the Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program in Will County on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet. (Felix Sarver)

Almost 20 people have graduated from a pre-apprenticeship program in Will County that prepares them for union trade apprenticeships and construction project opportunities.

The ceremony for 18 graduates of the Illinois Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program was held Wednesday on the fifth floor of the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, where the classes also took place.

The program is funded in part by the Illinois Works Jobs Program Act, according to HIRE360, a Chicago-based workforce development nonprofit organization.

HIRE360 is one of many providers of the program in the state.

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