If the students in attendance at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge, La., are a typical sample, the I'M GREAT training program has succeeded in doing what the industry has been trying to do for years. Women and men of all ages, skin color and background are enrolled in the Gulf Coast Workforce Development Initiative four-week, pre-apprenticeship training. Through the end of September 2007, GREAT had trained 11,078 new recruits to the construction industry, and 3,339 are currently enrolled for upcoming training, says Tim Horst, program manager.