Apprenticeship
The Benefits of Union Apprenticeship Programs
Are you looking for a career instead of a minimum wage job? Are you considering a career in construction? Then you have come to the right place. Keep reading.
We need trained professionals to build structures like our homes, offices, high-rises, roads and bridges. These projects are essential to our everyday life and require hundreds of workers trained in more than 20 different building trades. Building trades (also called crafts) include laborers, ironworkers, cement masons, carpenters, heavy equipment operators, pipe fitters, sheet metal workers, painters and many more.
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The Construction industry offers a tremendous world of opportunity for a person with the desire to create and to use the tools of mind and body to become a future builder of our cities and country.
All apprenticeship and training programs are committed to the proposition that there shall be no discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin regarding the selection for apprenticeship and training and shall be based upon qualifications alone. To that extent, any reference to any particular gender shall include all genders.
- JATC training creates the most highly-trained and skilled workers who are prepared for any job, which, results in more frequent and stable job assignments, along with higher wages and more benefits than their non-union counterparts.
- Apprentices “Earn While They Learn,” meaning they receive competitive wages and health benefits by working during the day and taking classes during designated times.
- Pay, benefits, and pension benefits are all available the day the apprentice begins work.
- By using a JATC trained construction workforce, owners utilize professionals who help complete jobs safely, on time and on, or under, budget.
- A union trained workforce saves project owners money by producing high quality work done right the first time, increasing the long-term value of the project.
- JATC training provides signatory contractors with access to a large pool of the state’s top-rated tradesmen and tradeswomen, which means expanded bid opportunities and manpower on demand.
- Member contractors realize higher profit margins by using a union workforce that will perform quality work correctly the first time, thus lowering cost and increasing productivity.
- All journeymen and apprentices undergo OSHA safety training throughout their careers, which reduces accidents, injuries and project downtime – all helping to decrease Workers’ Compensation costs and save our contractors money.