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Would YOU like a job with a FUTURE?

A career as a Construction Craft Laborer is for YOU if you like physically challenging work as part of a team that builds:
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Construction Craft Laborers do demolition work on existing buildings and structures and perform environmental clean-up on jobsites containing:

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Apprenticeship

Steps to Apprenticeship

Applications are accepted throughout the year on Tuesdays through Thursdays, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at the Laborers-AGC Training Center in High Hill, Missouri.
 

Applicants must bring:

ball_blue1.gif (911 bytes)   proof of age (18 years of age or older), and

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Applicants are provided with a list of contractors that are eligible to employ apprentices and must obtain a written offer of employment from one of them.  Apprentices are subject to drug testing and physical examination prior to working on-the-job.

A Construction Craft Laborer will usually complete apprenticeship within 30 months.  During that time he/she will complete 12-13 weeks of in-school training.

As an apprentice you will complete 352-464 hours of off-the-job related skill training at the Laborers - AGC Training Center.  AND   4,000 hours of on-the-job training under supervision of a qualified and competent journey level laborer.

arrowsgn.wmf (1878 bytes)The Training Center is a campus style facility situated on 175 acres east of High Hill, Missouri.  The Center has its own dormitory housing, laundromat, classrooms, outdoors 'hands-on' areas, student lounge, recreation room, dining hall, and even a lake for after hours recreation!

 Directions to High Hill, MO

JMAN.GIF (1185 bytes) Additional advancement, upgrade and cross-training classes are available upon completion of apprenticeship.

For More Information about the 
Construction Craft Laborers' Apprenticeship Program

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OR  Write to:Construction Craft Laborers' Apprenticeship Program
c/o Laborers-AGC Training Center, AFL-CIO
#35 Opportunity Road
High Hill, MO  63350
Call: (636) 585-1500
Fax: (636) 585-2604
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Construction Training School of St. Louis
6301 Knox Industrial Drive
St. Louis, Missouri  63139
Telephone:  (314) 644-1525     |     FAX:  (314) 644-1536