Union seeks construction apprentices; applications to open in late June

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Joint Apprenticeship and Schooling Committee for Laborers, Nearby Union 731, announced Friday that it will start a look for for 50 Qualified Development Craft Laborer apprentices setting up in June.

Programs will open up June 27 via the union’s on the web recruitment website page, Recruitment.regional731.com, and will stay open up just about every weekday from from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. right until July 8, according to a media launch.

The committee requires candidates:

• Need to be at least 18 many years outdated.
• Must have a superior college diploma or a higher faculty equivalency diploma (these kinds of as TASC or GED). Have to post a large school diploma, TASC or equal at the time of preliminary job interview.
• Have to get and go Work Keys Used Arithmetic and Get the job done Put Files (Examining for Information) Assessments exam.
• Have to go a drug test, at the price of the sponsor, right after acceptance into the system and at the time of enrollment in apprenticeship software.
• Have to have reliable transportation to and from several occupation sites and similar instruction lessons.
• Will have to submit proof of any specialized or trade similar schooling, and/or function knowledge at the time of enrollment in apprenticeship program.
• Need to be bodily equipped to complete the do the job of a Experienced Building Craft Laborer, and the top rated 50 applicants will have to attend and entire a fingers on assessment which may include:
  • Excavating by hand 11′ x 2′ x 2′ trench
  • Back again-filling the trench and compacting soil in 6″ lifts making use of manually operated hand tempers
  • Applying a wheelbarrow relocate 12 modest railroad ties approx. 250′ and re-stack on pallet
  • Carrying two parts of 10′ extended OSHA-quality scaffold planks approx. 250′ and positioning on storage rack
  • Carrying two parts of 10′ extensive #8 rebar approx. 250′ and placing on storage rack

The minimal-software recruitment will halt at 500 programs on a first-occur, initially-serve foundation. The recruitment will be supplied on the internet for 10 organization times or till 500 programs have been issued, whichever comes initially, according to the media launch.

These interested accessibility to a pc ought to visit their neighborhood library or their closest point out Division of Labor Job Center.

For further more information and facts, candidates really should make contact with Nearby 731 at (718) 752-9860. Supplemental career lookup help can be attained at your area New York State Office of Labor Job Center (see: dol.ny.gov/occupation-centers).