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Apprenticeship is a path to a real career, with comprehensive training typically lasting 3-5 years. Apprentices receive a combination of on-the-job training and classroom instruction at state-of-the-art training facilities located throughout Iowa.
Apprentices learn a lifelong skill, obtain college credit and earn a salary with benefits and that begin the first day on the job, WITH NO STUDENT DEBT. All Apprenticeship programs are affiliated with a college and apprentices accrue college credit, covered by the affiliated unions. After completing the Apprenticeship Program, there are many paths to follow, including Journeyman, Foreman, Safety Director and more.
Our debt-free registered apprenticeship programs not only offer cutting-edge curricula in high-tech construction trades and college credit, but also a ticket to secure employment with higher earnings and great benefits. These earn-as-you-learn programs pay family-supporting wages and provide health care coverage and retirement benefits.
Learn more about registered apprenticeship programs in Iowa by visiting the websites of our affiliated unions.
Many of our affiliated unions have pre-apprenticeship programs. We encourage you to reach out to the trades for more information about their particular programs.
Our Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program can help you qualify for and succeed in a Registered Apprenticeship. The program utilizes North America’s Building Trades Unions’ world-class multi-craft MC3 curriculum.
Our program participants complete:
The Quality Pre-Apprenticeship program has demonstrated its capacity to help position Iowa as a leader in successful recruitment of underrepresented groups to Registered Apprenticeship training, and to prepare a diverse 21st Century skilled trades workforce to grow our economy and expand our infrastructure for the future.
As of April 2021, the University of Iowa Labor Center’s Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program (QPP):
Reach out to your local regional building trades council to learn more about a quality pre-apprenticeship program near you!
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Are you a tradeswoman in Iowa or interested in the trades but not sure where to start? Join our group on Facebook to connect and learn about upcoming events! We are proud to partner with the University of Iowa Labor Center to support the Iowa Women in Trades Network.
The Iowa Women in Trades Network promotes leadership and peer networks among tradeswomen while developing programs to recruit and retain women in the skilled trades, including:
Helmets To Hardhats (H2H) is a national program that connects transitioning active-duty military service members, veterans, National Guard and Reservists with skilled training and quality career opportunities in the construction industry. The program was created by the Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment and Veterans Employment; a 501(c)(3) nonprofit joint labor-management driven entity. The program is designed to help military service members successfully transition back into civilian life by offering them the means to secure a quality career in the construction industry.
The Building Trades’ world-class apprenticeship programs train workers to become highly-skilled, six-figure earning construction workers through a debt-free, technologically-advanced education. These earn-as-you-learn programs pay family-supporting wages and provide health care coverage and retirement benefits
The impact and success of ICAN is made possible only through the continued, generous support of its partners and contributors. The programs and services you support help students make informed decisions when creating a plan for their future, and achieve their education and career goals, launching them on the path to a successful, productive life.
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The Hawkeye on Safety annual conference provides life-saving health and safety information to workers from all industries, with a particular emphasis on facilities management and the building trades. We also offer the key networking opportunities that you need to keep current in occupational safety standards and trends.
This conference is intended for:
Like other conferences, we provide essential training to the managers responsible for workplace health and safety. But we also have a unique focus on providing practical training to rank-and-file workers, so that they can become safety leaders in their workplaces and communities.
The Cedar Rapids/Iowa City / Building Trades Labor-Management Committee (CR/IC LMC) was formed over 15 years ago through a partnership with the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Building and Construction Trades Council, the Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council, Iowa LECET, and Area Signatory Contractors and Subcontractors (Built By Pros).
The CR/ICLMC mees every third Friday of the month at 7:30-9:00 AM for a breakfast meeting. The CR/ICLMC meets at the Czech Museum in Cedar Rapids and enjoys a large breakfast and listens to a variety of guest speakers. All the speakers have one thing in common–CONSTRUCTION. We invite Elected Officials, developers, large construction users and educators to discuss all things construction, from current and upcoming projects, safety, recruiting and retention of skilled Tradesmen and Women, and apprenticeship promotion.
The monthly “breaking bread” by Labor and Management has created a closer bond between the two parties and allows for many issues to be resolved in a more amicable manner.
If you are interested in creating a similar Labor-Management Committee in your area and would like some assistance, please contact the Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council.
As a union-operated, union-dedicated, 501(c)(3) conservation organization, the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) is committed to uniting these millions of union sportsmen and sportswomen into one community with a shared commitment to educate future generations of sportsmen, conserve healthy wildlife habitat and volunteer their time and skills for projects that improve access to quality places to hunt, fish and shoot.
The future of hunting and fishing in the U.S. depends upon the commitment of future generations to these traditional fish and wildlife activities. That’s why we, union sportsmen and women of the USA, have focused our conservation efforts into three key areas:
