Training programs flourish as mechanics, metal and factory workers highly sought
July 15, 2013• Article by: DEE DEPASS , Star Tribune • Updated: July 8, 2013 – 11:20 AM Industrial repairmen and mechanics are in high demand as state’s economy accelerates Sparks shot across the room at the L.J. Shosten Training Center in St. Paul as apprentices welded pipes and ground prickly steel to a smooth finish. Nearby, others hovered over a misaligned motor like doctors tending a patient. Workers with the United Brotherhood of...