Summer Apprenticeship Readiness Training for Construction Trades

This is a FREE 4-week in-person summer training program for someone who is motivated to start not just a job, but a career in construction trades. Previous participants have gone on to construction careers in roofing, flooring, and painting. Training is presented in partnership with the Finishing Trades Institute of the Upper Midwest.

Participants will be able to gain hands on training with power tools, learning trades math, and receive an introduction to OSHA. 

Eligibility participants for this program are:

1.  People ages 18+ who possess a high school diploma or GED

2.  Immigrants, refugees, or people of color, or people who reside in zip codes 55106, 55107, 55130, 55113, or 55119

3.  People interested in construction jobs, such as building roads or bridges, carpentry, cement masonry, paintings or coatings, drywall, or flooring

4.  Participants need to be able to communicate in English because they will go straight from training to a trades job!

Interested candidates can complete this registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdavtD4GaMaRFha5cHCO_KOSvzeIXY_QgRAF5JtmHB4AqBYw/viewform?usp=sf_link 

Curious about what training looks like? Watch our video of the 2018-2019 training cohort (note this is a a video of our Fall 7-month program where participants are able to receive an adult diploma upon completion of the program. Our summer programming does not offer the adult diploma program)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOjB3vv4xeg