Bridging the Generational Gap: The Future Instructors Program

Podcast: Did You Know?-The ESCO HVAC Podcast · ESCO Institute

Opublikowano: 2026-08-24

In this candid episode, we sit down with Jess Slade, a fourth-year pipefitting apprentice at UA Local 502 in Louisville, KY. She’s a participant in the UA's Future Instructors program, part of an effort to train the next generation of trade educators from within the apprenticeship pipeline. We discuss: • How the Future Instructors program identifies apprentices with leadership potential and develops them into educators while they're still completing their training • Why the industry's instructor shortage is just as urgent as its labor shortage, and how programs like this are addressing it • The powe...