Benefits

10. They learn to produce with modern tools and machines and will gain experience under the most modern methods.

11. They learn properly to use tools or install modern industrial materials worth thousands of dollars during their apprenticeship. This is one of the many reasons why a competent journeyman cannot be developed in a classroom.

12. They work under the direction of a competent journeyman at all times and receive close personal attention.

13. The Joint Apprenticeship Committee, as reflected in work reports and class grades, constantly reviews their progress.

14. They are protected during their indenture by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee to insure that they have an opportunity to develop the skills of the craft and become a fully qualified journeyman to the Committee’s best ability.

15. Because of high entrance requirements and high standards of conduct and competence, they associate with good and honorable people.

16. It serves to meet the great need for apprentices as replacements for journeymen who advance or retire under the industry’s pension plans.

17. With experience and study, the apprentice can become a foreman, estimator, or superintendent. Many of the owners and employers in the construction industry started their careers as apprentices.

18. The apprentices may advance to positions of responsibility in their union. Union leadership is earned through hard work, service and respect of others. Nearly all union leaders have come from the ranks.

19. As they grow in experience, they may follow related fields as a salesman, broker, or supplier.

20. They may engage in labor-management relations, or qualify for specialized work for government agencies.

21. As a journeyman in the construction industry, they will be engaged in an honorable and respected occupation with opportunities for advancement limited only by their own ability and ambition.

ADVANTAGES OF APPRENTICESHIP

Admittedly, a WHITE-COLLAR bias exists in the minds of immature or impractical people. Too often college education is emphasized to the point of belief that anything less is second rate. This is wrong.

Apprenticeship in the skilled trades of the Construction Industry should be considered as advanced education. As such, it offers marked advantages:

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