EDUCATION
ratory Academy in October and is currently negotiating
a contract with the school. Several companies looked at
the proposal request, but Somerset was the only one that
applied. At least one council member speculated that
what the city wanted was more than the other companies
thought they could provide.
The city council wants the career vocational-technical
academy to go into the jobs corridor, Councilman John
Carvelli says, because that’s where some of the companies
that will need employees are or will be located. Career-oriented
Kaiser University will also be nearby. A former member
of the St. Lucie County School Board, Carvelli oversees
the operations of Palm Beach County’s charter schools.
Councilwoman Jolien Caraballo says she believes the
school should be in Tradition. “It’s projected that there
will be , Mobs there eventually.” 2ne firm planning
to move into Tradition Center for Commerce is Oculus,
maker of ophthalmology products.
Boosting the city council’s interest, the 2017 Skills Gap
Study from the county’s Economic Development Council
(EDC) showed that 68 percent of respondents in the
health care businesses were already reporting difficulty
filling positions. In the trades, percent were having
trouble filling skilled Mobs in construction, electrical,
plumbing and carpentry. In manufacturing, 62 percent
said they were having a hard time finding experienced
and journeyman workers.
Some of those companies work in Tradition or soon
will. City Electric Supply subsidiary TAMCO, for instance,
is moving to the commerce center, and that move
will create Mobs the company will have to fill. >>
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