Jeff Hooper named ABA’s director of apprenticeship and training

Jeff Hooper has been appointed the director of apprenticeship and training for the Arizona Builders’

Hooper comes to the ABA from Seattle Wash., by way of San Diego, Calif., where he has spent more than 15 years in the education industry serving as an administrator, classroom teacher and consultant. Hooper has worked extensively in online curriculum development, course design, staff development and instructional design. He also owned and operated ReignMaker LLC, a real estate development company specializing in home relocation, remodel, and new home construction. His passion is to show contractors how they can increase their bottom-line through employee training.

Hooper also has an extensive background in construction employee safety and is looking forward to helping construction become a safer and more profitable industry.  In addition to helping ABA expand its safety training, he has creative new approaches to the types of training available for workers on remote sites and in other states.