LAHARPE — Brandon Sprague considers himself lucky.
His passion, welding and metalworks, fits a niche needed in today’s workforce.
“There’s been a welding shortage since I’ve started,” he continued. “I graduated in 2005, and if anyone is familiar with economic trends, I graduated into one of the worst economies in modern history. And I’ve never been without work.”
As Sprague began his career, he realized the demand for welders sparked another of his passions — teaching others.
He found a perfect marriage of the two concepts as instructor for the new welding course at LaHarpe’s Regional Rural Technology Center, in the old Diebolt Lumber complex.