Apprenticeships

A Guide to Your
Rewarding Apprenticeship

The screening process includes an application, plus a 45-minute physical and hands-on interview involving our Training Director and the local's Business Representatives.

How are you rated?

Applicants are rated on a scale of 1 to 10 in areas including: Preparedness, Math, Communication Skills, Construction Skills, General Aptitude, and Physical Ability. Applicants are then given an overall rating between 1 and 10.

Requirements to pass:

Only those with a rating of 8 or higher are considered for membership and/or apprenticeship programs.

The screening process includes an application, plus a 45-minute physical and hands-on interview involving our Training Director and the Local 900 Business Representatives.

Complete the required log book, on-the-job working hours, and scheduled trade school sessions to earn your Certificate of Apprenticeship, then pass the provincial Red Seal exam to earn your Certificate of Qualification.

Apprenticeship Programs

Construction Craft Worker
Cement Finisher

A Construction Craft Worker (CCW) is involved in site preparation, clean-up, material handling, excavation, backfill/compaction and dismantling on and around buildings, structures or premises. The CCW may also be involved in formsetting and stripping, concrete placing and finishing, pipelaying, and mason tendering.

About the Apprenticeship

The CCW Apprenticeship Program requires you to attend 2 x eight-week sessions in between two to three periods of paid work experience, each lasting approximately ten months. You will keep a logbook outlining competencies you learn on the job.

Specializations

As a CCW apprentice, you will specialize in one of the following sectors:

  • Curb, Gutters and Sidewalk (Formsetter, Cement Finisher)
  • Sewer and Watermain (Pipelayer)
  • High Rise and Low Rise Forming (Formsetter)
  • Industrial, Commercial and Institutional
  • Masonry (Tender, Forklift)
  • Utility Distribution
  • Road Work
  • Demolition
  • Restoration


Training Schedule

CCW in-school sessions are scheduled by the MLTSD (Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development). All courses take place between October and May of each year.

Course Content

The in-school apprenticeship standard is the same one used at all other approved TDAs (Training Delivery Agents) across New Brunswick, and is approved by the MLTSD. Topics covered during the 16-week program include:

  • Construction Safety I & II
  • Blueprints and Specifications I & II
  • Construction Tools I & II
  • Equipment Handling Practices and Procedures I & II
  • Rigging, Hoisting and Material Handling I & II
  • Introduction to Formwork I & II
  • Introduction to Concrete I & II
  • Introduction to Scaffolding I & II
  • Earthwork, Barriers and Controls I & II

A Cement (Concrete) Finisher installs concrete structures including interior floors and exterior pavements using several methods of construction to produce a variety of finishes, colours and textures in all types of residential, institutional, commercial and industrial buildings.

About the Apprenticeship

The Cement Finisher Apprenticeship Program requires you to attend 2 x eight-week sessions in between two to three periods of paid work experience, each lasting approximately ten months. You will keep a logbook outlining competencies you learn on the job.

Specializations

As a Cement Finisher apprentice, you will automatically specialize in Curb, Gutters and Sidewalk (Cement Finisher).

Training Schedule

Cement Finisher in-school sessions are scheduled by the MLTSD (Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development). All courses take place between October and May of each year.

Course Content

The in-school apprenticeship standard is the same one used at all other approved TDAs (Training Delivery Agents) across New Brunswick and is approved by the MLTSD. Topics covered during the 16-week program include:

  • History and Scope of Cement (Concrete) Finisher Trade
  • Communications and Presentation
  • Trade Calculations and Quantities
  • Pictorial Drawings and Layout Tools
  • Construction Safety
  • Hand Tools
  • Power Tools and Equipment
  • Concrete Technology
  • Site Preparation
  • Place and Level Concrete
  • Finish Concrete
  • Concrete Curing and Protection
  • Cut Concrete
  • Repair and Resurface Specialty Concrete
  • Architectural Finishes
  • Introduction to Epoxy Systems

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P.O. Box 783
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Moncton, NB
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