Industry resources for apprentices, operators, and mechanics.
Website of Local 66 of the International Union of Operating Engineers. Organized in 1901 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Local 66 represents nearly 8,000 members in a 36 county area of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio.
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Website of the International Union of the Operating Engineers (IUOE). Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the I.U.O.E. represents 400,000 members in 170 local unions across the U.S. and Canada.
Members can also register for classes at the IUOE's International Training & Education Center at this website.
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Pre-apprenticeship training for Heavy Equipment Operators and Heavy Equipment Mechanics.
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A trade association for contractors in the heavy, highway, railroad and utility construction industry in western Pennsylvania.
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The Master Builders' Association of Western PA represents the preferred commercial contractors in our region. Collectively, the membership accounts for over 80% of the commercial construction in our area and the MBA contractors have built over 90% of the square-footage of LEED certified buildings in the Pittsburgh region.
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This unique training program provides an introductory overview to building trades. During the six-week course, participants will be exposed to a wide range of skilled occupations, through field trips to state-of-the-art union training facilities, hands-on activities, and meetings with expert craftspeople representing 18 local trade unions. In addition, the classroom portion introduces key job readiness skills needed to begin a career in the building and construction trades. Upon completion, successful participants will have the option of taking the next step and applying for union apprenticeship.
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Future Road Builders is a computer-based experience that provides an introduction and exposure to highway construction careers such as a Carpenter, Cement Mason, Laborer, Operator, Pile Driver and Teamster.
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Website developed specifically for military personnel and veterans interested in a career in the Building Trades.
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Founded in 1983, the Private Industry Council of Westmoreland/Fayette, Inc. (PIC), is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates employment, education, and training programs in Southwestern Pennsylvania. PIC assists youth, adults, dislocated workers, and the economically disadvantaged in reaching their educational goals, supporting their family growth, and obtaining training and employment.
The Private Industry Council offers the following courses at select times of the year:
- Test preparation classes for the Apprenticeship Selection Test.
- "Women in Trades" and "Pre-Apprenticeship"
- Paid training courses designed to help prepare individuals for possible entry into one of the building trade apprenticeship programs.
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A career training program administered by the A. Philip Randolph Institute’s Pittsburgh Chapter and facilitated in partnership with United Steelworkers. The goal is to promote living wage jobs and union membership for the minority community. Their mission is to provide social and economic progress for minorities, the poor and working people. In partnerships with the labor movement and other allies, they provide community-based training programs to individuals to educate, to improve their employment opportunities, and to secure good union jobs that make family-sustaining wages.
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Lets you practice the skills needed to be a real life machine operator, right on your mobile device! There’s work to do. Can you dig it?
Available for iOS and Android.
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Apprenticeship Readiness Program: Multiple Sites
This program was developed by the North America Building Trades Union (NABTU) and is endorsed by the Beaver County Building Trade Unions, Pittsburgh Regional Building Trades Council, Builders Guild of Western Pennsylvania and the U.S. Department of Labor.
This four-week course (FT) or eight-week course (PT) prepares individuals interested in entering one of 16 regional Joint Apprenticeship Training Programs. This training is available at no cost to participants.
Individuals must have the status of a dislocated worker or a spouse of a dislocated worker. Candidates should have a driver’s license, reliable transportation and be able to pass a drug/alcohol and a criminal background check. Interested candidates may text or call 724-288-2082 or email info4bcbt@bcctc.org with questions or to request an application.
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Community College of Allegheny County skilled trades programs encompass a wide range of trades professions. Upon completion of the Apprenticeship Program CCAC awards apprentices 45 college credits.
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Butler County Community College offers an apprenticeship readiness program designed to prepare applicants for possible entry into Western Pennsylvania building and construction trade union apprenticeship programs.
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The Pennsylvania Apprenticeship Coordinators Association website contains information about the various building trade apprenticeship programs in Pennsylvania.
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Along with its affiliated members, represents over 100,000 unionized construction-industry workers across the state on issues including apprenticeship, health and safety, community outreach, etc.
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