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The Joint Apprenticeship
Committee for the Construction Craft Laborers’ Apprenticeship
Program has reinstated accepting applications and or letters of
intent to hire for apprentices effective June 1, 2011.
Applications and or ‘letters
of intent to hire’ will be accepted exclusively on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:00a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the
LABORERS-AGC Training Center located in High Hill, Missouri.
NOTE:
Journeyman/Apprenticeship ratios as outlined in the Construction
Craft Laborers’ Apprenticeship Standards and affected Collective
Bargaining Agreements will be strictly enforced.
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Would YOU like a job with a FUTURE?
A job with:
Excellent Wages
Family Medical Benefits
Retirement Benefits
Training
The Construction Craft Laborer Apprenticeship Program for
Eastern Missouri is your ticket to the above!
A career as a Construction Craft Laborer is for YOU if you like
physically challenging work as part of a team that builds:
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* highways |
*
light-rail systems |
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* bridges |
* airports |
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* sewer systems |
* stadiums |
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* water mains |
* treatment
plants |
* all kinds of buildings, factories, stores
and plants |
Construction Craft Laborers do demolition work on existing buildings and
structures and perform environmental clean-up on jobsites containing:
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hazardous waste |
* asbestos |
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* lead-based paint |
* low-level
radiation |
As a Construction Craft Laborer, YOU would be a vital member of a TEAM
and work with a whole array of power tools and equipment including:
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compactors |
* mixers |
* masonry
forklifts |
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pumps |
* grinders |
* hydraulic
rock drills |
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skid-steer loaders |
* eye
levels |
* cut-off
saws |
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coring machines |
* welders |
*
level-transits |
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jackhammers |
* concrete
saws |
* pavement
breakers |
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plasma cutters |
* drills |
* lasers |
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pipe fusion machines |
*
oxyacetylene torches |
* concrete
vibrators |
Construction Craft Laborers must be:
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reliable |
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dependable |
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responsible |
* versatile |
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innovative |
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enthusiastic |
* extremely safety conscious
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Educational Requirements:
| If you want to become a Construction
Craft Laborer, you need to possess |
| good math, human relations and
communication skills, and be able to |
| read a rule. You must be able to work
as a part of a TEAM and you must |
| enjoy working outdoors. |
As a Construction Craft Laborer Apprentice you will complete:
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296-376 hours of
off-the-job related skill training at the Laborers-AGC Training Center. The Training
Center is a campus style facility situated on 175 acres east of High Hill, Missouri - the
Center has its own dormitory housing, laundry facilities, classrooms, outdoors 'hands-on'
areas, student lounge, recreation room, dining hall (even a lake for after hours
recreation). |
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4,000 hours of on-the-job
training under supervision of a qualified and competent journey level laborer. |
Application Process
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The Joint Apprenticeship
Committee for the Construction Craft Laborers’ Apprenticeship
Program has reinstated accepting applications and or letters of
intent to hire for apprentices effective June 1, 2011.
Applications and or ‘letters
of intent to hire’ will be accepted exclusively on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:00a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the
LABORERS-AGC Training Center located in High Hill, Missouri.
NOTE:
Journeyman/Apprenticeship ratios as outlined in the Construction
Craft Laborers’ Apprenticeship Standards and affected Collective
Bargaining Agreements will be strictly enforced.
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| Applications are
accepted
on Tuesdays through Thursdays |
| between the hours
of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. |
| at the LABORERS-AGC Training
Center (High Hill, MO). |
DIRECTIONS: The LABORERS-AGC
Training Center is located approximately 55 miles west of Lambert St. Louis
International Airport
on the south side of Interstate 70, 1 mile east of High Hill (exit 179) |
Applicants must bring proof
of age (18 years of age or older), and proof of education (completion
of grade 12). Applicants seeking employment within the
Metropolitan St. Louis area will be provided with a list of contractors that are eligible to employ
apprentices. Applicants must obtain a written offer of employment from
an eligible contractor. Apprentices are subject to drug testing and physical examination
prior to employment. |
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Description:
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Construction Craft Laborers
take pride in the fact that they have a hand in every structure built in this country -
below ground as well as above. They are one of the first crafts on the job and the last
craft off the job. |
Career
Education:
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A Construction Craft Laborer
will usually complete apprenticeship within 30 months. During that time he/she will
complete 11-15 weeks of in-school training. Additional advancement, upgrade and
cross-training classes are available upon completion of apprenticeship. |
Career
Options:
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Some Construction Crafts
Laborers specialize in the highway or commercial building construction, site excavation
and grading, concrete or masonry work, sewer/water line installation or environmental
abatement. Most job superintendents on highway, concrete construction, and sewer/water
main projects have construction craft laborer backgrounds. |
For More Information about the
Construction Craft Laborer Apprenticeship Program
Write to: Construction Craft Laborer Apprenticeship Program
c/o LABORERS-AGC Training Center
#35 Opportunity Road
High Hill, MO 63350
Call: (636) 585-1500
Fax: (636) 585-2604
OR connect to our e-mail now
Apprentices who completed their working hours and classroom training in 2010
were formally graduated from the Apprenticeship Program at a banquet
held at The Columns Banquet & Conference Center in St. Charles, MO on March 3, 2011.
Click here to see the group photo
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