Sheet Metal Workers Apprenticeship Program is looking for qualified applicants

The Local 28 Sheet Metal Workers Apprenticeship Program is looking for qualified applicants for its 5- year program to earn while you learn in a career in the Sheet metal Industry. Applicants must be at least 17 years of age, have a good basic math skills and a desire to work hard with their hands and their minds. Applicants will be randomly selected to take an entrance exam for the classes entering in 2015.
A union Sheet metal worker is one of the finest trained craftspeople of all the building trades. they design, fabricate, install and service ductwork for heating, ventilating and air conditioning. They also install kitchen equipment, siding, metal roof and other metal applications. They work with many materials including galvanized metal, copper, aluminum and a wide variety of specialty materials.
Local 28 Sheet Metal Apprentices work full-time for a union contractor that pays them to attend classes four full-time weeks each year. Graduates receive college credit from select accredited institutes of higher learning. The first six months to a year of the program is a pre-apprenticeship leading to indenture as an apprentice. Pre-apprentices attend a mandatory four weeks of school without pay before being assigned to a union contractor.
Women are encouraged to apply. Applications must be completed in person: weekdays in July 2014. July 1 though July 31, from 8:30 to 12 and 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Sheet Metal Workers Training Center which is located at 139-20 Jamaica Avenue (at 143rd Street), Jamaica NY 11435. Call 718-297-5570 for more information.

Source: Press release issued by the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, June 27.