Apprentice Coordinators
Apprenticeship
One of the top priorities identified in this state and around the
entire country is the growing demand of highly trained and skilled
workers in the construction trades.
In order to promote training and recruitment into registered
apprenticeship programs to meet these demands, the Pennsylvania State Building
& Construction Trades Council promotes the use of Pre-Apprentice
Training Programs, developed by the Building & Construction Trades
Department Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee, in public and
private schools. This will give many students the preparation they need
to enter into the apprenticeship programs in the construction trades and
help lower the high numbers of students that choose to drop out of
school. Due to the increased cost of a college education, many students
that graduate high school never plan on attending college.
Apprenticeship training is the best way to provide a highly skilled and
trained workforce in the construction industry. Apprentices that
participate in a program registered with the United States Department of
Labor are provided training in two ways. They get to work on a job for a
participating contractor in order to receive credit for on-the-job
training hours and they attend training classes related to the trade
they have chosen. Most apprenticeship training programs are four (4) or
five (5) years and as the apprentice progresses their pay increases. The
training costs are provided by the apprenticeship program that is
jointly managed by Labor and Management.
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