The Industry and what is involved.
A Union piledriver is a craftsmen who is trained in the use of tools, equipment and materials that allow him to perform a wide variety of construction jobs. These jobs include installation, repair and removal of piles and foundations, building bridges, docks and retaining walls.
 No matter which jobs Union piledrivers are performing, union contractors can be certain that their Union piledrivers are trained and skilled in the most up-to-date work methods. Union contractors also know that their Union piledrivers are professionals who arrive at their jobs on-time, with the correct tools of the trade and industry knowledge. This insures that each project is completed on time, on budget and to the highest standard of quality workmanship. Union contractors have come to rely on this fact and so have their customers and our community.
The work we do.
Union piledrivers possess the superior training and trade skills necessary to perform a wide variety of construction projects.
Some of these include:
- Tunnel and bulkhead construction
- Bridge building
- Installation, repair and removal of deep piles and foundations
- Building retaining walls and coffer dams
- Dock building
Joining the Union and becoming an apprentice.
As an apprentice through the North Central States Regional Training Center you have the opportunity to learn the most advanced trade skills available to professional piledrivers any where in today’s construction industry.
Once you are enrolled in the apprenticeship program, you will receive a combination of formal classroom instruction and on-the-job training, with one of our many union contractors who will sponsor you through your apprenticeship. These are good jobs in your new trade that offer good wages and benefits. Apprentices start at 70% of the Union journeyman hourly wage rate. All training program costs are paid in full. Wages are periodically increased, until you achieve 100% of the journeyman’s rate, usually in your fourth year of training.
As a Union piledriver apprentice, you will be eligible to join a piledriver local union from the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters. As a union member you will be part of brotherhood of superior craftsmanship and training. You will be covered by a collectively bargained agreement and represented by professional union management at both the local and national level. This will insure that wherever you go to work in the trade, your superior wages and benefits will follow you.
Contact us to learn more about this exciting career opportunity or visit our Frequently Asked Questions page to see what others are thinking about their future.
Apprenticeship training
Apprenticeship training at the North Central States Regional Training Center is a program of formal training, that over the past years has consistently graduated professional union piledrivers, who are fully competent in all aspects of their trade. Combining class room instruction with on-the-job training, while under the expert direction of journeyman piledrivers, apprentices learn and become competent in all areas of the trade. This includes trade skills, industry knowledge and proficiency and confidence while on-the-job.
The comprehensive training curriculum includes related classroom instruction combined with a total of 7000 hours of on-the-job training. The apprenticeship program is specifically designed to insure that apprentices develop trade skills in each of the following areas:
- Welding and cutting
- Piledriving
- Dock building
- Bridge building
- Rigging
- Blueprint reading
- Trade mathematics
-Health and safety training
For a comprehensive description of each training class see our course listing or our course calendar.
Skill enhancement for journeymen
As a journeyman the North Central States Regional Training Center also offers you a great training opportunity. Here you can learn new trade skills or sharpen your existing skills by learning the most up-to-date pile driver work methods available to professional piledrivers anywhere in today’s industry. There are health and safety classes designed to help you maintain all appropriate OSHA certifications and make you more professional, safer and confident at the job site.
Some of the training this is available to union journeymen includes classes in:
- Welding with all industry certifications
- Rigging
- Skill and technology enhancement classes for piledriving, bridge and dock building
- Blueprint reading
- Trade mathematics
- Health and safety training
Superior training, good jobs, good wages and benefits are just a few of the advantages available to all Union apprentices and journeymen at the North Central States Regional Training Center.
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