Benefits to Becoming an Apprentice
Learn valuable skills while earning progressively increasing wages!
Construction jobs are family wage jobs with good benefits, and the industry pays wages while the craft is being learned. Apprentices earn a percentage of journey level wages, typically starting at about 50% of the journey worker wage. Journey level wages range from $14–$22 (or more) per hour.
If you go into construction you have a career for life. Skills can be easily transferable to a variety of careers within the industry, including craft workers, supervisors and project managers, and industry support staff, as well as design and engineering personnel.
Career opportunities exist in both rural and urban areas, and construction skills are employed throughout the United States and everywhere in the world.
Want to know more about apprenticeship?
Carpenters – Union Apprenticeship Program
Pacific Northwest Carpenters Institute
4222 NE 158th Avenue
Portland, OR 97230
503-287-3708
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Cement Masons – Union Apprenticeship Program
Cement Masons Apprenticeship
12812 N.E. Marx Street
Portland, OR 97230
503-408-8555
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Construction Craft Laborers – Union Apprenticeship Program
Oregon/Southern Idaho Laborers
6011 Marcus Harris Ave.
Corvallis, OR 97330
Apprenticeship Office: 541-745-5513
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Northwest College of Construction - Open Shop Apprenticeship
8111 NE Holman Street
Portland, OR 97218
Apprenticeship Office: 503-256-7300 or 1-800-309-1442
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Northwest Laborers Employers Training Trust – Union Apprenticeship Program
27055 Ohio Avenue
Kingston, WA 98346
Mike Warren – 360-297-3035 / 1-800-240-9112
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Operating Engineers – Union Apprenticeship Program
Operating Engineers Training Center
50001 Franklin Boulevard
Eugene, OR 97403
541-741-7292 / 503-623-6903
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Teamsters
Teamster/AGC Training Center
2410 E. St. Helens
Pasco, WA 99301
Rick Imes – 509-545-8297 / cell: 509-531-2390
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For trades not listed above, please contact:
State of Oregon Apprenticeship and Training Division
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Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
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