The Kern and Northern Los Angeles Counties Air Conditioning & Sheet Metal Workers Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee is proud to announce that it will be participating in pre-apprenticeship training that is open to the general public. The training is being financed by The California Clean Energy Jobs Act (Prop 39) and is being spearheaded by the Fresno Building & Construction Trades Council. The grant is targeting unemployed adults and older youth(18/24) to give them a introduction to several trade unions. Once they complete the 4 week program they can apply to any trade union for a apprenticeship program or choose to attend a vocational training program. Participants will spend a week at the Bakersfield Sheet Metal Workers training center learning about career opportunities in the sheet metal trade and will also earn their OSHA 10 Hour safety certification. Participants must have a GED or HS Diploma, pass a drug screen, valid driver’s license, pass Work Keys assessment, and have reliable transportation to get to training sites. The remaining 3 weeks of classes will be held in Bakersfield at other union trade locations.
This will be our third time partnering with the Fresno BCTC in helping to provide local residents an opportunity to enter our program through this pre-apprenticeship class, and we are happy to report that several participants from past training classes have went on to become apprentices with our program after completing the training. Please click the link below to view the poster for the class and to get contact information if you are interested. Some photos of past classes at our training center are also below.
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