In two months, hordes of would-be craft superintendents and construction CEOs will again descend on a unique training facility in Tempe, Ariz., to perfect skills in backhoe operation, bid preparation and workforce management, among other key industry tasks. These prospective managers may be only 4 ft tall and in elementary school, but they wield hardhats, solar panels, business plans and Palm Pilots like the seasoned professionals program boosters hope they choose to become.

该方案由国家初级成就（JA）组织赞助，该组织旨在教育年轻学生，特别是少数群体和冒险冒险的风险，在“现实世界”主题，如求职，创业和金融扫盲等。教学既是课堂上，也是美国的28个互动网站。模拟了企业在典型的美国镇工作。学习实验室，被称为“BizTowns,” have for years allowed fourth-through-sixth graders to spend a half-day experiencing career and business fields such as banking, media and travel, but construction was not included until now.

Beginning last September, with completion of a new 6,000-sq-ft BizTown facility and local industry financial and technical support,Junior Achievement of Arizona Inc。, Tempe, became the first in the U.S. to showcase the industry. “We wanted our BizTown to be representative of the economy, so construction was a natural fit,” says Joyce Richards, Arizona program president.

支持者希望学习实验室,构建ing Arizona Co., will change misperceptions about construction and entice students, parents and teachers to understand its career-building potential. “The kids experience what small businesses do,” says Richards. “You’re deemed successful if you can generate revenue to pay off your business loans and make a profit. It helps students envision themselves as workers and producers.”

This September, about 250 schools in Arizona will again participate in BizTown. Before a group of 130 students arrives each day for the site experience, they devote 19 hours of class instruction to prep work such as researching job fields, interviewing with actual practitioners, buying business licenses and developing marketing plans.

Biztown施工日是一系列运动和决策，因为学生遵循脚本计划在其他网站企业中征集客户，检查设计，准备投标，执行工艺品，发票和获得报酬，英特尔前设施总监说公司和催化剂的程序，唯一为掌上飞行员提供学生的唯一Biztown。“我们需要让学生进入施工路径，无论是管理，工程还是劳动力，”威瑞说。“如果我们不促进这一点，我们就会羞辱。”

行业支持者也享受网站体验。“我走在门的第二个，我想成为其中的一部分，”坦佩罗德林电气有限公司的西南运营经理Mike Greenawalt说。“观看孩子们设定价格积分并赚钱很有趣。”

Proponents want to expand the construction segment to other JA Biztowns. Doug Pruitt, CEO of Tempe-based Sundt Construction Inc., has committed his firm to five years of financial support and calls for an industry coalition to develop long-term funding.

理查兹says the program is still viable despite the economic downturn. “It is a good time to bring attention to the JA program,” she says. “The next generation must be better prepared.”