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As the new year gets underway, NCMCA Workforce Development & Training Coordinator Ryan Shaver (right) is continuing his program to train NCMCA member firm apprentices. In January, NCMCA apprentices from the Raleigh area were hosted for training by Johnson Concrete Products at Willow Spring. Photo by Tu Phan

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In October, Rush Masonry Management visited instructor Fred Mason’s masonry program at Southeastern Community College. Mr. Mason’s award-winning program was recently moved to the Whiteville college campus when Columbus College and Career Academy in Fair Bluff was closed. To assist with the expense of the relocation and re-equipping the class, Rush Masonry Management presented Mr. Mason with a $5,000.00 check during their visit. Pictured left to right, Rush Masonry Management Vice President Travis Plymell, instructor Fred Mason, Rush Masonry Management President Kendra Plymell Blackmon, and NCMCA’s Ryan Shaver. Photograph by Southeastern Community College.

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In the summer of 2019, NCMCA Workforce Development & Training Coordinator Ryan Shaver set out across the state to interview students participating in the NCMCA Masonry Pre-Apprentice Program for high school students.  The participants reported they are learning, earning, and having fun!  

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Retired Mount Pleasant High School masonry instructor Doug Drye is the fourth North Carolina nominee inducted into the Mason Contractors Association of America “Masonry Hall of Fame,” joining North Carolina nominees Glenn W. Sipe (2012,) Samuel A. McGee (2014,) and Robert L. Merrill (2019.)  Drye’s former student, Ryan Shaver, NCMCA’s Workforce Development & Training Coordinator, introduced him at the February MCAA Convention Closing Banquet at the Las Vegas World of Concrete.  In Doug’s almost twenty-four years at Mount Pleasant, he built a nationally recognized program, holding the record for the most VICA/SkillsUSA secondary national champions.  He helped to guide hundreds of young people into successful careers in masonry and construction.  Pictured left to right, daughter-in-law and son Amanda and Mark Drye; MCAA Chairman Paul Odom; Doug and Thyra Drye; NCMCA President Kent Huntley; and NCMCA’s Ryan Shaver.  Also inducted into the Hall-of-Fame for 2020 were SPEC MIX’s Brian Carney; Paul Hoggatt, Hoggatt Masonry; and Mark Kemp, Superior Masonry Construction.  READ MORE HERE