Alex Preisch was working at Niagara Chocolates when the candy manufacturer closed its Cheektowaga plant for good last year.
Through its award-winning aQuiRe app, CaHill Tech is focused on training the next generation of construction workers in a way they’re already familiar with – through watching videos on their phones.
It was a tough pill to swallow for Preisch, who had spent several years working his way up from the bottom to become a supervisor.
But, soon after, he heard about a training program catering to those interested in working in the construction industry – regardless of prior experience and education – and then promising to quickly place them on jobs as an apprentice.
Preisch, who lives in Buffalo, went through Clarence startup CAHill Tech’s aQuiRe Construction Academy, a two-month hybrid training that combines in-person and online learning and offers mentorship, exposure to emerging technologies, certifications and stipends for child care and transportation costs.
By early December, he was a construction worker on the site of the Buffalo Bills new stadium project in Orchard Park.
“When I lost my job, I went home and told my wife that I didn’t know what I was going to do next. I was completely lost,” Preisch said. “But the only…
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