Become a Union Laborer. Why Apprentice?
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A career as a union laborer person can be financially rewarding. Apprentice programs are designed to train and educate laborers with the best certified methods and standards in a respective trade. A union laborer represents the most highly skilled and efficiency in the areas of methodologies, tools, installation procedures and safety measures in the trade. Each union trade has their own apprentice educational requirements and training. Some apprentices even receive on-the-job paid training. The education learned through these programs become lifelong skills.
Carpenters 46 Counties Drywall / Lathing​
The Carpenters Training Committee for Northern California (CTCNC) is the educational organization that provides Apprentice, Journey-level, and related training services for Union Carpenters and Union Contractors across the 46 Northern California Counties. Their trades include the following: drywall/lathers, hardwood floor layers, mill and cabinet makers, insulators, office modular installers, millwrights, scaffold erectors, and pile drivers.
  • Website: www.ctcnc.org/
  • Location: Training Department | 2350 Santa Rita Road | Pleasanton, CA 94566-4190
  • Contact: Training Department Phone: (925) 462-9640 | Adam Alexander, Director of Training Services | Mike Schulte, Instructor Coordinator | Training Officer - Jesus de la Torre
District Council 16 IUPAT / Finishers
DC Council 16 IUPAT Joint Apprenticeship Program specialize in the following trades: drywall finishing, floor covering, glazing, commercial and industrial painting, and highway striping.
Plasterers #66
The Northern California Plasterers Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC) covers all 46 Northern California Counties. They cover the following trades: Plasterer and Fireproofing.
  • Website: www.pl66.org/northern-california-plasterers-jatc/
  • Location: Main Office: Sacramento | School: South San Francisco
  • Contact: Northern California Plasterers Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee | Matthew Ledoux, Program Director | (916) 261-2428 | Main Office: 1555 Overland Ct., W. Sacramento, CA 95691 | School Location: 39 South Linden Ave, South San Francisco, California 94080
Plasterers #300
The Apprenticeship program trades are plasterer, journeyman, and cement mason.
  • Website: www.ncpjatc.org/ 
  • Location: There are six locations where applications can be picked up or submitted: Fresno, Modesto, Oakland, San Jose, South San Francisco, and West Sacramento
  • Contact: Northern California Plasterers’ Apprenticeship | Daniel Martinez at (916) 372-9860 | [email protected] | Hours: 7am to 4:30 pm
Plastering Hod Carriers - NCDCL