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2. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders ...

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   The Boilermakers union has a four-year apprenticeship training program before becoming a Journeyman. Boilermakers primarily work in nuclear and fossil power plants. However they also work in shipyards, refineries, chemical plants, manufacturing, and the rail and cement industries. The work involves welding, rigging and fabricating.

3. Apprenticeship in the United States - Wikipedia

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   These programs are similar to other, more traditional blue-collar apprenticeship programs as they both consist of on-the-job training as the U.S. Department of Labor has implemented a path for the middle class in America to learn the necessary skills in a proven training program that employers in industries such as information technology ...

4. North America's Building Trades Unions - Wikipedia

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   North America's Building Trades Unions is a labor federation of 14 North American unions in the building trade. [4] Affiliates are the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Teamsters), International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC), International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC), International Union of Painters ...

5. Journeyman - Wikipedia

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   In modern apprenticeship systems, a journeyman has a trades certificate to show the required completion of an apprenticeship. In many countries, it is the highest formal rank, as that of master has been eliminated, and they may perform all tasks of the trade in the area certified as well as supervise apprentices and become self-employed.

6. Millwright - Wikipedia

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   A typical millwright serves a 4- year apprenticeship before becoming a journeyman. Apprentices are usually paid a percentage of the average millwright's wage, and this percentage increases with experience. A typical training course, to qualify as a millwright, may include, among others, the following: [14] Shaft alignment; Rigging; Welding ...

7. Tradesperson - Wikipedia

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   Tradesmen/women are contrasted with laborers, agricultural workers, and professionals (those in the learned professions). [3] Skilled tradesmen are distinguished: from laborers such as bus drivers, truck drivers, cleaning laborers, and landscapers in that the laborers "rely heavily on physical exertion" while those in the skilled trades rely on and are known for "specific knowledge, skills ...

8. How California requires all high school students know ...

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   The passage of AB 800 last year requires juniors and seniors to be taught about their workplace rights, the achievements of organized labor and students’ right to join a union. However, the Los ...

9. International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and ...

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   Faced with the challenge of nonunion competition the SMWIA and SMACNA extended the partnership through a series of joint labor-management funds. The National Training Fund (later the International Training Institute) was established in 1971 to standardize apprenticeship training and encourage the membership to keep up with changing technologies.