{"id":289936,"date":"2026-04-28T16:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/289936\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:54:07","slug":"lattc-and-other-trade-schools-grow-in-popularity-as-ai-boom-reshapes-job-market-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/289936\/","title":{"rendered":"LATTC and other trade schools grow in popularity as AI boom reshapes job market, economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — In the age of AI<\/a>, some career paths are disappearing fast, and that has some people considering trade schools.<\/p>\n

At Los Angeles Trade Technical-College in South L.A., some students are learning what it takes to be electrical linemen.<\/p>\n

“It’s a different path,” student Sean Miller told ABC7. “There’s a lot of other career opportunities where you can spend up to eight to 10 years in class. This one you can do — hit the ground running and have a specific way to go — in such a short amount of time.”<\/p>\n

Just six months, and when you graduate you can earn six figures. And best of all it’s a job that offers security from Artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

“I think it’s pretty impossible for AI to get up on a pole and mess with high-voltage and stuff like that,” Miller said. “That’s another thing, that this job will never go anywhere. It’s pretty much unlimited work and job security forever.”<\/p>\n

That job security is one reason why enrollment is up at LATTC. And it’s not just for linemen: The school offers a broad array of training.<\/p>\n

Meta to cut 8,000 jobs, 10% of staff as it pours billions into AI<\/a><\/p>\n

Alfred McQuarters, president of LATTC, said there is a strong demand for the college’s construction program, “and that’s everything from (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) to plumbing, to carpentry, to our welding program. Those have a very high interest over the past few years.”<\/p>\n

Meta said on Thursday it plans to lay off roughly 10% of its workforce, or about 8,000 people, the latest in a string of tech industry layoffs fueled in part by artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

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