apprenticeship programs? looking for a career.

[Hoplon]

Well i figure it's time to get my shit togeather and get a real job.

My question is has anybody ever signed up for an apprenticeship though the union? Do i just go down to the union hall and ask for information?

My pipe dream is that they would give me enough hours of on the job training that i could quit my current job as a mechanic and concentrate on learning a new skill.

I'm probablly going to spend all day monday gathering information obout job availability and whatnot.

I wanted to go through the electrician's apprentiship but it's so backed up it's next to impossible to get into. They mainly look for people who come back year after year.

Maybe i should go for the carpenter or mason unions...

[Hooligan]

You could always get an Air Force internship (enlistment) They can train you to be an electrician. Ya just have to be able to deal with all the other crap for a few years.

[Hoplon]

Anything army related would be a last resort for me. Nothing against you army guys, just not my cup of tea.

[Hae-Yu]

The federal gvernment has (had?) a program where they will send anyone to college for an IT degree, but you have to give them a guaranteed time on the job. No, it's not the military, just a regular civilian job. For a real first job, the pay is fairly good (55k-84k).

[Hooligan]

What was the name of that program again?

[Animal]

Work for FedEx.

[Raven]

You can be CC's apprentice. I hear male hookers get a lot of money.

[MiddleFinger]

You could go to Ceramic Tile/stone installation like me. Once you learn it, the profits can be enormous. As long as you're in an area that has room for growth. As it is in Va Beach, I could live off of installing 500 sq ft / week @ $3.00 / sq.ft. It only takes about two and a half days for one person to install that much working maybe 8 hours / day. I'll be there one day...right now, I work for a small established co. until I get established, and known. Then it's all me baby oh yeah.

It only takes about a year or so to become a good enough Tile Mechanic to go out on your own.

I sure wouldn't take the Home Depot course and call myself a tile installer, unless you're going to install in someones house you hate.

[Laroacha]

Most non-union construction companies will take on unskilled people as helpers and if you show a intrest in learning the trade they will send you to an apprentice program. The apprentice program mainly consists of you having to attend a class once a week after work for a few hours for no pay, but other than that it's a regular 40 hour a week job. You're a apprentice for 4 years, and you make more money every year. I'm in HVAC and that's how my company gets alot of it's new duct hands. I do HVAC service and controls, but I just kinda fell into that.