Hands-On Training

Practical on-the-job experience is a must in any occupation and the Construction Craft Laborers' Trade is no exception. During this portion of the program, apprentices are paid their appropriate wage rate while receiving on-the-job training under actual working conditions on a construction project. Apprentices are required to accumulate 4000 hours of on-the-job training as outlined below.

Core Work Skills - 2,000 hours

• Air Tool Operation and Preventive Maintenance
• Power Tool Operation and Preventive Maintenance
• Soil Compaction
• Rigging and Signaling
• Traffic Control
• Site/Project Preparation and/or Maintenance
• Site/Project Clean-Up and/or Security
• All other Skills Traditionally Performed by Construction Craft Laborers'

Concentration Work Skills - 2,000 hours

• Building Construction
• Heavy Highway & Utility Construction
• Masonry
• Demolition & Deconstruction
• Pipeline
• Tunneling
• Environmental