Requirements

You Must

• Have A High School Diploma or GED/TASC

• Be Able to Lift and Carry 50lbs.

• Be Able to Work Outside, In All Weather

• Be Drug-free

• Be Able to Attend All Classes On Time, Every Day

A union construction career is a solid pathway to a stable and comfortable middle-class life. Wages can start at over $50,000/year plus health insurance and retirement benefits.

Start Here

Your career could start with a certified apprenticeship program.*

Each union has its own schedule and its own rules for how to apply for its apprenticeship program:

• Some are ON-LINE (like the Laborers, Local 79) - on-line recruitments are
  generally over in under 2 minutes.

• Some have PAPER APPLICATIONS that are handed out at the Union office -
  people often line up outside the union office days in advance.

• Some unions (like the Sheet Metal Workers and Boilermakers) give a reading
  and math test at the time of application and will only call back people who
  score well.

* Union construction apprenticeships open up at different times during the year, some only once per year, others only once every 2 or 3 years.

Our Classes

P2A holds full time (8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) 5 week Direct Entry, Pre-Apprenticeship classes.*

Classes train and place graduates into Building Trades Union Apprenticeship programs and will cover:

• NYC building trades work readiness skills

• OSHA 30, Site Safety Training, Scaffold and/or Flagging certifications

• Visits to building trades training facilities

• Math and Reading Comprehension Skills

• Physical Conditioning and Strength Building

* Classes are approved by the New York State Department of Labor.