HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 63
(By Delegates Iaquinta, Amores, Anderson, Andes, Argento,
Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Barker, Boggs, Brown, Browning,
Burdiss, Campbell, Canterbury, Caputo, Craig, Crosier, DeLong,
Doyle, Duke, Eldridge, Ellis, Ennis, Evans, Fragale, Frederick,
Guthrie, Hatfield, Ireland, Klempa, Long, Longstreth, Mahan,
Manchin, Marshall, Martin, Michael, Miley, Moore, Morgan, Moye,
Palumbo, Paxton, Perdue, Perry, Pethtel, Pino, M. Poling,
Proudfoot, Rodighiero, Romine, Rowan, Schadler, Schoen, Shaver,
Sobonya, Spencer, Staggers, Stalnaker, Stephens, Swartzmiller,
Tansill, Tucker, Varner, Wells, Williams, Wysong and Yost)
Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study
creating a program to prepare military veterans for careers in
construction project scheduling.
Whereas, Construction project scheduling is not offered in
colleges or universities as a major or minor discipline, but is
limited in scope as part of a major course of study, such as
engineering; and
Whereas, Due to a lack of formalized training schedulers are
difficult to obtain and many major construction companies must
develop or "grow" their own project schedulers; and
Whereas, With four to six weeks of training, a construction
project scheduler can earn a salary of around forty thousand
dollars per year, with significant increases after several years'
experience, in today's market; and
Whereas, The first step would be to develop a facility that
recruits and evaluates veterans who express an interest in becoming
a project scheduler; to identify viable candidates; to formally
school them in the most universally accepted project management
software available, such as Primavera Project Manager; and to
provide additional and specialized training to acquaint veterans
with general construction terms and techniques; and
Whereas, Upon completion of this training, veterans would be
issued a laptop computer loaded with the necessary software and
given a living allowance until receipt of several paychecks; and
Whereas, Veterans would then be offered to firms and facilities
needing their services while remaining in close contact with the
veteran's training facility, which would provide veterans with
support during the first several months of their new employment;
and
Whereas, With the right presentation, such companies might be
willing to seize the opportunity to help veterans from the present
and other conflicts by financing training and providing employment
for veterans in order to bolster their public image; and
Whereas, West Virginia construction firms would, no doubt, be willing to assist in the training and placement of veterans as
project schedulers; and
Whereas, Primavera Systems is already willing to negotiate
training and software prices for marketing considerations; and
Whereas, Providing veterans (priority to wounded veterans) with
the training necessary to become a construction project scheduler
would represent an opportunity to provide good paying jobs for
veterans while becoming a much-needed project-scheduler resource
for the construction industry; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby
requested to study creating a program to prepare military veterans
for careers in construction project scheduling; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and
Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2008, on
its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts
of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this
study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be
paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance.
Email
Webmaster | © 2024 West Virginia Legislature **
