Apprenticeship combines classroom instruction with on the job training.
An apprentice who enters our program with no prior experience will earn 40% of the current journeyman rate.
They can expect to progress through our program with pay increases every six months.
The length of each program varies with Marble Finishers and Tile Finishers - 2 years,
Marble Masons, Tile Layers and Pointer, Cleaner, Caulkers - 3 years and Bricklayers - 4 years.
Once you complete one of our apprenticeship programs you will receive a certificate from the United States Department
of Labor, the State of California Division of Apprenticeship Standards and also from the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers.
You will have established a foundation on which to build a future.
Bricklayer | PCC
| Marble Finisher
| Marble Mason
| Tile Finisher
| Tile Layer
A portion of the classroom instruction is hands on training.
Bricklayer
Our bricklaying apprenticeship program is operated under the direction of a joint committee.
Union representatives, representatives from local contractors and consultants
from the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and the Hayward Unified School District
make up our committee.
Apprentices are required to join the union in order to participate in our program.
Bricklaying is one of the oldest and most highly respected crafts of the construction trades.
A bricklayer is a skilled craftsperson, who using their talents and training is able to
properly position masonry units, to create efficient, beautiful buildings and other structures.
The bricklayers role in the construction of buildings is normally, but not limited to building walls.
The work must be coordinated with other trades to insure the buildings are completed on schedule.
It is very rewarding to look back at the projects we have been a part of throughout our careers.
| Applicants | |
| Must be 18 years or older | |
| Must have High School Diploma or equivalent | |
| Able to lift 50 lbs. continuously | |
| Able to work on staging above the ground | |
| Have a valid drivers license | |
| Willing and able to attend school (2) Saturdays per month |
An apprentice with no prior experience enters our program at a pay rate of 40% of the current journeyman rate. The apprentice must attend all scheduled classes and complete all assignments.
When the apprentice has been in our program for six months and accrued 750 work hours and 63 school hours they will become eligible for an increase to 45%. This process continues for each increase.
They should complete our program in four years.
The bricklayers have schools located in Pleasanton and Fresno.
PCC
Our PCC apprenticeship program is operated under the direction of a joint committee.
Union representatives, representatives from local contractors and consultants
from the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and the Hayward Unified School District
make up our committee.
Apprentices are required to join the union in order to participate in our program.
PCC is probably the most diversified trade in the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Union.
A Pointer or Tuckpointer replaces mortar between masonry units.
The Cleaner aspect is the cleaning of all masonry surfaces.
A Caulker applies sealants to expansion joints in new and old buildings.
A PCC does much more besides pointing, cleaning and caulking including, but not limited to Epoxy Injection and Mortar Patching.
A PCC craftsworker has the opportunity to restore old masonry buildings that have existed for decades.
Our craftworkers also work on new buildings that will some day be restored decades later by future PCC Craftworkers.
| Applicants | |
| Must be 18 years or older | |
| Must have High School Diploma or equivalent | |
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No fear of heights -- able to work on swinging Scaffold up to 40 stories high (up to 500 ft. above the ground |
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| Have a valid drivers license | |
| Willing and able to attend school (2) Saturdays per month |
An apprentice with no prior experience enters our program at a pay rate of 40% of the current journeyman rate. The apprentice must attend all scheduled classes and complete all assignments.
When the apprentice has been in our program for six months and accrued 750 work hours and 54 school hours they will become eligible for an increase to 50%. This process continues for each increase.
They should complete our program in three years.
The PCC school is located in Pleasanton.
Marble Finisher
Our Marble Finisher apprenticeship program is operated under the direction of a joint committee.
Union representatives, representatives from local contractors and consultants
from the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and Hayward Unified School District
make up our committee.
Apprentices are required to join the union in order to participate in our program.
Marble finishers perform a variety of tasks which assist the Marble Mason.
Their duties include grinding and polishing marble and cleaning installed marble surfaces.
They also mix mortar, plaster and grout.
Finishers repair chipped, cracked or broken marble pieces and may also erect scaffolds.
| Applicants | |
| Must be 18 years or older | |
| Must have High School Diploma or equivalent | |
| No fear of heights | |
| Have a valid drivers license | |
| Willing and able to attend school (2) Saturdays per month |
An apprentice with no prior experience enters our program at a pay rate of 50% of the current journeyman rate. The apprentice must attend all scheduled classes and complete all assignments.
When the apprentice has been in our program for five months and accrued 700 work hours and 42 school hours they will become eligible for an increase to 60%. This process continues for each increase.
They should complete our program in two years.
The marble finisher school is located in San Francisco.
Marble Mason
Our Marble Mason apprenticeship program is operated under the direction of a joint committee.
Union representatives, representatives from local contractors and consultants
from the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and Hayward Unified School District
make up our committee.
Apprentices are required to join the union in order to participate in our program.
Marble Mason apprentices receive training which will enable
them to create impressive structures.
Marble Masons perform various work processes including
cutting, tooling and setting marble slabs in floors and walls of buildings.
They also trim, polish and cut marble to specified sizes.
| Applicants | |
| Must be 18 years or older | |
| Must have High School Diploma or equivalent | |
| No fear of heights | |
| Have a valid drivers license | |
| Willing and able to attend school (2) Saturdays per month |
Once an apprentice completes our Marble Finisher program they may become eligible to enter our Marble Mason program at a pay rate of 70% of the current journeyman rate. The apprentice must attend all scheduled classes and complete all assignments.
When the apprentice has been in our program for six months and accrued 750 work hours and 54 school hours they will become eligible for an increase to 75%. This process continues for each increase.
They should complete our program in three years.
The Marble Mason school is located in San Francisco.
Tile Finisher
Tile Finishers are employed by Tile Contractors to assist Tile Layers, their tasks include mixing mortar,
installing grout, clean finished surfaces, stock materials, and perform other duties on new and remodeled
construction. Work is physically strenuous and may involve scaffolding.
Apprentices are required to join the union in order to participate in our program.
The tile finisher is an integral part of the tile industry, and a prerequisite for advancement to Tile Layer.
| Applicants: | |||||
| Must be 18 years or older | |||||
Have valid drivers license
| | Able to perform the usual physical requirements of the trade. |
| Willing and able to attend school (2) Saturdays per month ( 126 hours per year) |
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An apprentice with no prior experience enters our program at a pay rate of 40% of the current journeyman rate. The apprentice must attend all scheduled classes and complete all assignments.
When the apprentice has been in our program for six months and accrued 700 work hours and 29 school hours they will become eligible for a pay increase. This process continues for each increase.
They should complete the program in two years (3500 hours on-the-job training)
The Tile Finishers have schools located in Hayward, Vallejo, Sacramento and Fresno.
Tile Layer
Tile layers install ceramic, mosaic and natural stone tiles on floors, walls, ceilings,
countertops, building exteriors, etc., according to blueprints or other instructions.
They are responsible for layout, mortar bed installation, cutting tiles, and bonding the
tile with cement or epoxy mortars or mastic. Work may involve scaffolding.
Jobsites are located over a wide geographic area, so that personal transportation is a
practical necessity. Tile layers are generally expected to have experience as tile finishers.
Apprentices are required to join the union in order to participate in our program.
Tile Laying dates back some 6,000 years ago, originating where civilization itself is said to have begun, in ancient Mesopotamia, now Iraq. In the building boom of the 1920's tiles began to be used extensively in homes as a sanitary, waterproof and often highly decorative surface for countertops, bathrooms and all types of floors etc. Tile is also found in many commerical applications. Commerical and public buildings, food processing plants, swimming pools, building exteriors, and many more.
Today's tiles come in an extremely broad range of sizes, shapes, colors and textures and include natural
stone tiles such as marble, granite, limestone and slate as well as ceramic and mosaic tiles..
The Tile Layer must be highly skilled to use all these tiles in different settings under many different job conditions.
Tile layers are true Craftsmen.
| Applicants | |
| Must be 18 years or older | |
| Able to perform the usual physical requirements of the trade | |
| Have a valid drivers license | |
| Willing and able to attend school (2) Saturdays per month (126 hours per year) |
An apprentice (with tile Finisher experience) enters our program at a pay rate of 63% of the current journeyman rate. The apprentice must attend all scheduled classes and complete all assignments.
When the apprentice has been in our program for seven months and accrued 900 work hours and 15 school credits they will become eligible for an increase. This process continues for each increase.
They should complete our program in three years (4500 on-the-job hours).
The Tile Layers have schools located in Hayward, Vallejo, Sacramento and Fresno.
Applications
We take applications each weekday between the hours of 8:30 am. and 11:30 am. at the Apprentice Office. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Bricklayer, PCC, Marble Mason, and Marble Finisher
Apprentice Office
8400 Enterprise way
Room 114
Oakland, CA 94621
Phone: (510)-553-0991
Tile Finisher and Tile Layer
10800 Bigge Street
San Leandro, CA 94577
(510) 632-8453 Office
1-866-977-8453 Toll Free
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