LET'S GET A CHECK OF, ACTUALLY
WE JUST HAVE A TRAFFIC LEAD BUT
I'M SENDING IT BACK TO YOU
LAUREN.> EVERY TUESDAY ON THE
NEWS WE SHARE STORIES ABOUT HOW
MENTORING MATTERS.
SO MEN AND WOMEN LOOKING FOR A
GOOD PAYING STABLE JOB WITH THE
ABILITY TO MOVE ANYWHERE IN THE
COUNTRY MIGHT HAVE AN OPTION
THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT HERE IN
MIAMI.
IS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY.
ONE COMPANY HELPING TO DEVELOP
ONE OF MIAMI'S NEWEST URBAN
AREAS WITH ON-THE-JOB
EXPERIENCE, EVEN PAYING FOR
YOUR SCHOOL.
AS ELLIOTT SHOWS US, ONE MAN
TAKES SEVERAL YOUNG PEOPLE
UNDER HIS WING, IN TODAY'S
MENTORING MATTERS. YOU HAVE
BOTH OF YOU DID VERY WELL.
Reporter: MIAMI WORLD CENTER IS
ONE OF DOWNTOWN MIAMI'S NEWEST
AND LARGEST DEVELOPMENTS.
CONDOS, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL
SHOPS AND SO MUCH MORE ON 27
ACRES IN THE HEART OF MIAMI.
YOU CAN SEE ANIMATED RENDITIONS
OF WHAT MIAMI ROAD CENTER WILL
LOOK LIKE WHEN IT IS DONE.
BRING ADULTS WE CAN GET YOU SET
UP.
Reporter: ONE OF THE KEY
PROJECTS IS THE 700 FOOT
PARAMOUNT BUILDING, CURRENTLY
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AND THOSE HELPING TO WIRE THE
BUILDING ARE APPRENTICES LIKE
JARED BRIGHTON STEEN, JARRETT
IS A NAVY VETERAN, WHO SERVED
IN AFGHANISTAN AND HIS GOAL IS
TO BECOME A CERTIFIED ENGINEER.
JARED JOINED THE APPRENTICE
PROGRAM NEARLY A YEAR AGO AFTER
SERVING AS AN INTELLIGENCE
SPECIALIST WITH THE NAVY.
I WAS UNEMPLOYED FOR A
WHILE, TRYING TO FIND A JOB
AFTER THE MILITARY.
I WAS TOO WHILE FIGHT AND NOT
QUALIFIED FOR SOME.
I WANTED TO LEARN A TRADE.
Reporter: THAT'S WHERE
CHRISTOPHER RILEY STEPS IN AS
JARED'S BOSS AND MENTOR.
RILEY IS THE PROJECT EXECUTIVE
FOR POWER DESIGN INC., AT THE
PARAMOUNT CONDOS.
THE BEAUTY IS, THE COMPANY
PAYS FOR THE APPRENTICESHIP
FEES AND THE CREDIT AND PROGRAM
CURRICULUM QUALIFIES TOWARDS
CREDIT FOR A BACHELORS DEGREE.
YOU GET YOUR JOURNEYMAN
LICENSE.
Reporter: ON THIS PROJECT
THAT IS $21 AN HOUR FOR FIRST-
YEAR APPRENTICE UP TO $44 PER
JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN AND FOR
THIS VETERAN AND FATHER OF
THREE BOYS, IT MEANS SO MUCH
MORE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CHANGE YOUR LIFE AROUND.
HE HAD NO EXPERIENCE IN THE
INDUSTRY BUT HE IS A NAVY
VETERAN, HE HAD AN APTITUDE FOR
LEARNING AND HE'S WELL ON HIS
WAY TO LEARNING OUR INDUSTRY.
HE'S DOING REALLY WELL SO
FAR. Reporter: SO IS JASMINE
McWILLIAMS WHO GREW UP NEARBY
BUT SHE'S HAD SEVERAL JOBS OVER
THE YEARS WITH LITTLE OR NO
SUCCESS UNTIL SHE ALSO MET
CHRISTOPHER RILEY AND HE TOOK
HER UNDER HIS WING.
SHE CAME WITH THE CODEBOOK
IN HER BACK AND SAID I WANT TO
BE THE FIRST FEMALE
SUPERINTENDENT AT THE POWER
DESIGN.
Reporter: THE APPRENTICE
PROGRAM TAKES FIVE YEARS AND
JASMINE DID IT IN TWO.
I WAS DOING ALL MY STUDYING
A LOT AND READING A LOT.
AND WATCHING VIDEOS.
AT THE PANEL TO THE LEFT.
THAT'S IT.
Reporter: WHEN SHE'S NOT
WORKING ON BIG BUILDINGS, CHRIS
MAKES SURE TO GIVE ADVICE NOT
ONLY ABOUT THE JOB BUT UNLIKE
GOALS AS WELL.
-- ON GOALS AS WELL. HE TELLS
ME ABOUT IMPORTANT THINGS FOR
I'VE BEEN GOOD WITH CREDIT AND
I WAS ABLE TO GET ME A CAR.
Reporter: DURING OUR
INTERVIEW, JASMINE IS BROUGHT
TO TEARS WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE
SUPPORT SHE'S RECEIVED,
ESPECIALLY BEING YOUNG AND
FEMALE IN A MALE DOMINATED
INDUSTRY.
THANK YOU FOR NOT LOOKING
DOWN ON ME.
AND TURNING YOUR BACK ON ME.
I'M ACTUALLY HAPPY.
I'M NOT SAD BUT I'M HAPPY.
I'M PROUD SHE TOOK HER EXAM
AND PASSED IT.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IN TWO
YEARS IF SHE COMES BACK AND YOU
CHECK ON JARED
AND JASMINE THEY WILL BE WELL
ON THEIR WAY TO THAT POINT.
POWER DESIGN INC.
IS BASED OUT OF ST. PETERSBURG
AND HAS ABOUT 200 APPRENTICE
WORKING ON PROJECTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND TOWARD THEIR
CERTIFICATION.
28 OF THEM ARE RIGHT HERE IN
MIAMI WORLD TRADE CENTER.
EXECUTIVES TELL US THEY PLAN TO
ADD ANOTHER 200 APPRENTICE
POSITIONS NATIONWIDE.> ON
INFORMATION ON AND MENTOR,