Big Impact for a Small Business



Creation Date: 07/23/2026


Employer Name: F&C Concrete, LLC
Career Pathway: Architecture and Construction
Location of Service: 62468-3011
Program: Apprenticeship Illinois
Organization: CEFS, An Illinois workNet Partner-Mattoon
Program Details: Training


"Apprenticeships have proven to be a vital part of growing a successful business. Our first apprentice to take on the program started his career a little timid and intimidated by the more seasoned guys. We tried breaking him out of this for a little while on our own. We have found that the apprenticeship program provides the classroom training necessary to reaffirm that what we're doing in the field is, in fact, best practice. This has given our apprentice confidence that what we are doing is right and has allowed him to break out of his timidity. The apprenticeship program for us has proven to be a confidence builder that is shared with all employees through just one."
-Jarod Carlen, Owner of F&C Concrete