Qualified Operator Candidates? This Utility Didn't Have to Look Far

Wisconsin’s Youth Apprenticeship Program provides an on-ramp for high school students to explore careers in the water and wastewater industry.

Qualified Operator Candidates? This Utility Didn't Have to Look Far

Youth Apprentice Joe Desotelle (right) and Rob Michaelson, P.E., water systems manager, in the lab at Manitowoc Public Utilities. 

Rob Michaelson, P.E., water systems manager at the Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Public Utilities, faced some impending retirements and didn’t know where to find a candidate pool.

His dilemma was not unique: As the retirement tsunami sweeps through the water and wastewater world,...

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