On - The - Job Training

Apprentices are required to complete a minimum of 288 hours of classroom and hands-on training at the Western Pennsylvania Laborers' Education and Training Center in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania.  To complete the apprenticeship program, 4,000 hours of on-the-job training is also required.  This includes general skills such as site and project preparation and maintenance; safety; tools, equipment, and material recognition; specific skills in environmental accreditation; building construction; and Heavy/Highway construction.

For more information on the Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Joint Apprenticeship Program click here

Related training includes:

Craft Orientation • First Aid/CPR • Asbestos Abatement • Hazardous Waste Worker

Lead Abatement • Pipe laying • Line and Grade • Microbial Remediation • Skid Steer

O.S.H.A. Safety & Health • Hazard Communication • Blue Print Reading • Concrete

Rod Tying • Scaffold Construction & Use • Mason Tending • Rigging & Signaling

Air & Compaction Tools • Flagger Safety • Work Zone Safety • Bridge Zone Safety

Cutting & Burning • Powder-Actuated Tools • Confined Space • Fork Lift Training

Apprentices In Action!

Apprentices from the July-August program show off their handy-work at the Training Center. Working with concrete is but one of the many things this class has learned over the course of the two week training program. They are all looking forward to getting out in the field now to apply their skills and knowledge.

Good luck to our newest brothers and sisters!

Apprenticeship Training Committee - Board of Directors

Employee Members

Michael McDonald     Rich Irlbacher     Joe Laquatra     Bill Brooks    

Employer Members

Scott Harris    Gena L. Shingle     Charles G. Pfeiffer     Terry McDonough

Web Sites of Interest

For more information about apprenticeship programs in the construction trades, please visit the following sites:

www.apprentice.org

www.cawp.org/Education/Laborers.aspx

The Builders Guild of Western Pennsylvania, a cooperative effort of both industry and organized labor, provides information about the apprenticeship programs regarding the construction building trades in our region. For more information, please visit their website at:

 www.buildersguild.org

For more information on the Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Joint Apprenticeship Program click here

Combined Funds:

(412) 263-0900

District Council:

(412) 391-1712

Training Center:

(800) 442-8868