TRAINING: A FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT OF THE LABORERS'
MISSION
We have a state-of-the-art,
500-acre training center, where we house and furnish meals to
employee trainees at no additional cost to them or to
employers.
Our comprehensive training program
encompasses:
A skilled and trained workforce available
for dispatch at each local union hiring hall
Employees confident in knowing they have
portable fringe benefits that transfer among companies,
enabling them to remain productive and focused on getting your
job done right
The right to drug-test employees, in
accordance with the agreement in place
Our
apprenticeship
program is
top notch.
When new members
join the Laborers' Union, we immediately enroll them in our
innovative apprenticeship program through which they learn
their trade by working under the instruction of experienced
journeyman workers. Applicants are admitted to the program
only after passing a demanding hands-on skill assessment to
verify their ability to perform the duties of the
craft.
Apprentice program enrollees become eligible for
certification as journeymen laborers after completing 3,000
hours of supervised work on job sites; work experience in
building construction, heavy/highway construction and
environmental remediation; classes in general construction
and core laborer skills; electives in specialty markets and
mandatory drug testing.
