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 online (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 two or three 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.