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TO APPLY FOR APPRENTICESHIP, CONTACT: Construction Craft Laborers’ Apprenticeship Program Laborers-Contractors Training Center Joshua L . Wright, Apprenticeship Advisor 35 Opportunity Road High Hill, MO 63350 636/585-1500 Fax: 636/585-2604 Email: apprentice@laborers-highhill .org Web site: www .laborers-highhill .org

Construction Craft Laborer

As laborer tasks are varied, laborers must have skill in a multitude of areas.

WORK DESCRIPTION: The digital age and advanced technology continually energize new career opportunities in the electrical and communications trade. The trade powers all lifestyle needs and serves evolving smart infrastructure for businesses, homes, cities and even roads. It is transforming how we live, work and play through installations that serve: • Renewable/Traditional Energy • Data Centers • Cybersecurity • Energy Efficiency • Electric Vehicle Charging Stations • E-sports • Integrated Communications • Robotics

Success in the electrical trades is best achieved by being physically fit, dependable, prompt, selfmotivated, capable of performing in all weather conditions and able to work in a variety of locations. Electricians and communications technicians should excel in STEM subjects – science, technology, engineering and math.

TRAINING PROGRAM: Since 1941, the IBEW/NECA Electrical Industry Training Center has produced more highly skilled and safe electricians and communication technicians than any training program in Missouri. This free higher education requires no student loans and pays apprentices as they learn, including benefits. It offers three programs: Commercial/Industrial Electrician, Residential Electrician and Telecommunications Technician. The training center has a rooftop solar array and is a high-tech learning laboratory that features: • A five-year, 10,000 hour education • 78-course curriculum • 90+% graduation rate • Mentoring programs • College credits • Continuing education programs

APPLICATION PROCESS: There is a $25 application fee. Applications are accepted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mon-Fri of each month, except holidays. The process includes: • Applicants must provide high school and/or college transcript and copy of birth certificates all within 10 days of completing an application • All education transcripts are evaluated based on classes completed in algebra, geometry, advanced algebra, trigonometry, physics, and other STEM related classes. • Qualified applicants are given a 30-minute interview with the Joint Apprenticeship and Training

Committee (JATC). The JATC schedules interviews twice a year. • Applications are kept on active file for two years. Any applicant not placed for training and employment in that span must re-apply for future placement.