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INFORMATION CONCERNING IRON WORKERS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

1. Applicants for the Iron Worker Apprenticeship Program may apply at 344 North Walsh Drive, Casper, Wyoming.

2. Or, all applicants should contact:

Douglas C. Thomas
Apprenticeship Coordinator
P.O. Box 2313
Casper, Wyoming 82602
Phone: 237-9556

3. Applicants must have a pronounced aptitude for and interest in the trade and be physically able to perform the required work, substantiated by a self assessment affidavit, before he/she will be placed on a job. In addition, applicants must furnish proof of age, proof of residence and a transcript of school records, meet all basic requirements listed below, and appear for a personal interview.

4. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: (As contained in the Apprenticeship Training Standards).

A. Age- Applicants for Apprenticeship shall be not less than eighteen (18) years of age. Each Applicant will be required to provide the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee with proof of age.

B. PHYSICAL ABILITY- it shall be mandatory on the part of each applicant to present a Doctor’s Certificate as evidence of his/her physical fitness sufficient to perform the work of the trade when employment is offered.

C. EDUCATION- All Applicants for Apprenticeship under these Standards must be a high school graduate and present a bona-fide copy of diploma or a bona-fide copy of a GED Certificate.

D. OTHER- Qualities such as interest, character, cooperativeness, judgment and similar factors which promise successful completion of the individuals apprenticeship and performance as a journeyman is determined by giving a fair and impartial interview.

5. Consideration may be given if unusual qualification exist.

6. NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS: Selection of Apprentices under this program is made on the basis of qualifications alone and all applicants will be afforded equal opportunity under these standards with out regard to race, sex, color, creed, national origin or physical handicaps (except to the extent that such handicaps affect the applicants qualification for the trade or craft).

7. NATURE OF WORK: The Apprenticeship Program of the Multi-State Iron Workers JATC trains apprentices to become qualified in the major work classification listed below. To complete the program, an apprentice must successfully be able to perform all work operations in each classification. The work location is, for the most part, on new construction projects, but does include performance of the same work operations in existing facilities when repair, renovation, alteration and major maintenance are involved. For the most part, the work operations are performed for contractors and are of an intermittent nature, that is on a project-to project basis.

Most of the work operations are performed outside, under all conditions of weather, except when weather conditions jeopardize safety. The work operations require employment of crews or gangs, varying in number with respect to the nature of the work, with each member of the crew being fully qualified to perform any or all work operations involved, and working with the other members of the gang or crew in unison as a team.

As basic requirements, a Journeyman Iron Worker working at any of the branches of the trade must, of necessity, be able to read shop fabrication prints, erection prints, and architectural prints, for he/she must coordinate his/her work with the work of the other craftsmen employed on the project. He/she must also be very proficient in the use of the cutting torch and welding machine, as these are basic tools of the trade. When directed, he/she must be able to weld, to burn, or to bend metal of any description with a high degree of proficiency and craftsmanship.

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