NWIW
Northwest Ironworkers
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APPRENTICESHIP & TRAINING TRUST
JATC 86
Standards
of Apprenticeship
> Application
Information
APPRENTICESHIP HIGHLIGHTS
· 8,000 hours of On-Job-Training
· 4 year Program
· Wages start at 65% of Journeyman Scale
· Benefits Package
· Credit for prior experience
· Travel
· Dispatched to Jobs
· HARD WORK!
· Drug Free Workplace Program!
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REQUIREMENTS · Tools · Pre-employment Drug Test · Probationary Period 1,500 work hours |
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PROGRAM INFORMATION · Age requirement: Must be at least 18. · Physical requirement: Must be physically able to perform the work of the trade, and able to work high in the air and have good balance. · Educational requirement: Must have adequate educational skills to comprehend the supplemental related instruction classes. · Helpful classes or training: Algebra, geometry, physics, English, mechanical drawing, blueprint reading, safety practices, welding, and classes in industrial arts. · Terms of training: 8,000 hours on-the-job (4 years), plus 204 hours minimum of non-compensated classroom training |
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Nature of the work Construction ironworkers build and erect the girders and columns used in building bridges and other structures. They place and install reinforcing steel in concrete construction. Ironworkers perform many of the tasks in placing, raising and joining these all together in order to form structural framework.
Ironworkers also install steel stairs, hand rails, metal doors and frames and they do repair work such as replacing metal bridge parts. They work with all ferrous and nonferrous metals, as well as pre-cast and pre-stressed concrete structures. |
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Working conditions Ironworkers work both indoors and outdoors, but mostly outdoors. The trade requires top physical strength and the ability to work at great heights. The work involves much stooping, climbing and reaching. |
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WORK
PROCESSES AND APPROXIMATE HOURS The
work process to be learned and the approximate hours required for
each are: 1. Structural
1,000 hours 2. Reinforcing
900 hours 3. Post Tension
900 hours 4. Ornamental
900 hours 6. Sheeting
300 hours 7. Decking
300 hours 8. Rigging
900 hours TOTAL
6,400 hours |
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RELATED
TRAINING Approximately
200 hours of related training shall be required each year. |
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WAGE
SCHEDULE Effective July 1, 2010 the average wage for those
journeymen employed by the participating employers in the occupation is
$37.67. First year apprentices start at 65% of the journeyman wage. |
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JATC 86 DOCUMENTS Standards
of Apprenticeship
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