NANTICOKE — John Yudichak, the president of Luzerne County Community College (LCCC), said he is excited about the potential of his school’s Career & Technology Academy.

It’s a partnership between LCCC and Luzerne County’s three technical high schools — Hazleton Area Career Center, the Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center and West Side Career & Technology Center.

Those three high schools represent a base of about 2000 students. That number is not insignificant, as skilled trades are the future of Luzerne County’s workforce, according to Yudichak. And they’re joining that workforce just in time.

“The skilled trades are in great demand in Pennsylvania,” Yudichak said. “They project that by 2030, we will have a shortage of over 300,000 skilled trade workers in Pennsylvania.”

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