WCCO Certified Trade Training Curriculum provides superior, construction training and teaches the apprentice to practice, the highest level of industry standards and principles integrated into the student’s curriculum. WCCO Trade Training Model assures the skill level, knowledge, workmanship, professionalism and ethical behavior of the post graduate while performing their trade on the job. This mentorship approach helps to develop quality tradesmen, raises the current industry standards and produces skilled conscientious journeymen who are the pride of the construction industry.
WCCO Trade Training offers classroom studies, hands on experience, and practical application.
WCCO Workforce Development Program provides year round Construction Trade Training, Apprenticeship, and Job Placement on construction crews.
WCCO Apprenticeship train on MWBE construction crews, with experienced journeymen. “Earn While You Learn”, on the Job Construction Trade Training Level I, II, III.
WCCO offers Construction Trade Training in: Roofing, Flooring, Carpentry, Plumbing, Masonry, Electricity Painting, and Sheet Metal Mill Work, Pipe Fitting, HVAC, Welding, Drywall, Installers and Finishers.
WCCO Renewable Energy Trades: Solar Assisted HVAC Installations, Solar Panel Installations.
WCCO’s Workforce Development Program, supplies a new pool of Certified Tradesmen to the Building Construction Workforce. There is a shortage of trained skilled construction workers, who are in high demand.
WCCO trains, hires and permanently employees its graduates, then outsources Certified Skilled Labor Construction Crews to the General Contracting Community.
WCCO’s Mission is to become an industry recognized, Skilled Laborer Trainer and Supplier, of quality Certified Tradesmen that deliver valuable manpower to the Building Construction Industry.
WCCO offers an Apprenticeship & Training Program for the Certification of Journeymen-Skilled Construction Craft Laborers. Apprentices are trained under the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Apprenticeship & Training Specifications, which meets all federal and state requirements for, Formal Apprenticeship Training, with nationally recognized Standards and Accreditation.
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CERTIFICATION
CONSTRUCTION SKILLED LABOR
Apprentices graduate from WCCO’s Trade Training Program with a Journeyman-Construction Trade Certificate, as a Skilled Construction Craft Laborer. This Certificate is approved and credentialed by the Department of Labor and is valid anywhere in the United States. This Certificate is a national, industry-recognized Certification, under the DOL Construction Trade Training Standards, which assures building contractors that the Apprentices are properly trained in specific qualifications and knowledge of the construction industry and has mastered the necessary skill-sets needed to work in their field.
PROGRAM DURATION
Two Years to become a Journeymen-Skilled Construction Craft Laborer.
WCCO offers a Standardized Construction Training Curriculum in a classroom setting with a mentoring environment, for Introductory Level Apprentices.
COURSE HOURS
4000 Total course hours required to complete WCCO Apprenticeship Program
COURSE CREDITS FOR PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
Apprentices who have trade skill training from previous work experience can receive course credits towards their Journeyman Certification.
Three Phases of Construction Trade Training-Levels I, II, III
Level I Classroom Training College Courses
Level II Hands-on-Training on Western Contractors Trade Buildouts
Level III Paid-On-the-Job-Training with Western Contractors Project Crews
Apprentices acquire basic knowledge of tools, equipment and materials site project preparation maintenance and safety. Introductory courses in bridge, highway and tunnel construction.
1. Building Construction NYSDOL Apprenticeship Curriculum
2. Building Construction WCCO Trade Specific Apprenticeship Program
3. Principles of General Building Construction
4. Basic Trade Skills
5. Materials Handling
6. Construction Drawings
7. Construction Math
8. Blueprint reading
9. Fundamentals of plans and building code requirements
10. Hand Tools
11. Power Tools
12. Basic Rigging
13. Basic Communication Skills
14. Basic Employability Skills
15.Osha Training
16.Job Site Safety
Apprentices learn from, hands on experience, and how to to identify and select the proper tool for a particular task. They must demonstrate safe practices when using hand and power tools. Apprentices learn the principles of construction for the following structures: foundations, steel and concrete building frames, roof trusses, plate girders, flat slabs, retaining walls, masonry arches, rigid frames, and steel bridges. We measure the apprentice hand-eye coordination and hand-tool dexterity. Apprentices must be able to pass a physical capacity exam which includes lifting between 40 and 70 lbs. They must be able to withstand frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, handling, and climbing. Successful completion of our testing demonstrates the apprentice has the physical capacity to perform the job and has acquired the knowledge and skills they need, to follow specifications, for their work scope.e and skills they need, to follow specifications, for their work scope.
Apprentices work on construction crews and learn from Master-Journeymen as instructors who teach and develop our apprentices in the basic trade skills that are necessary to succeed in the field of General Construction. Our journeymen-instructors are professional master-craftsmen whose incomparable experience and knowledge is passed on to our apprentices through direct training. From a combination of classroom learning and hands-on training, under the direct guidance of experienced, master-tradesmen, apprentices will gain invaluable “real-life” knowledge, that will prepare them for any challenges they might encounter on the job site.
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DIVERSIFIED WORKFORCE
This Workforce Development Initiative will provide an enormous increase in permanent construction jobs for Generation Z, while diversifying the city workforce. This can mean a significant improvement in the quality of the lives of Gen Z Apprentices, transitioning into the Construction workforce as Journey-men.
CERTIFICATION
JOURNEYMAN CONSTRUCTION TRADE CERTIFICATE
Upon completion from the WCCO’s program, graduates receive a national, industry-recognized, Journeyman-Construction Trade Certificate, approved and credentialed by the Department of Labor that is valid anywhere in the United States.
GEN Z
SKILLED CONSTRUCTION CRAFT LABORERS
ARE IN DEMAND
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GEN Z MENTORSHIP
Throughout their education our Apprentices are mentored, encouraged, and guided in the principles of Building Construction to help them excel in their trade. During their Trade Related Classroom instruction, they are taught through best practices, basic communication, skill training, technical knowledge, as well as hands-on experience. Our mentorship approach raises the educational standards, enhances the learning experience, and increases employability.
