WISCONSIN LABORERS APPRENTICESHIP & TRAINING FUND 2016-2017 SCHEDULE HOW TO APPLY: Classes are open to construction laborers who are employed by contractors contributing to the Training Fund and are in good standing. Application forms are available at your local union hall, from the Training Center, and enclosed in this publication. Complete the application form and mail or fax it to the Training Center. To register online go to: www.wilaborers.org Enter your last name and member ID number (this would be your membership card #) Click on Sign In Next go to the left of your screen under member services and click Apprenticeship & Training Click Courses This will bring you to the list of courses that we are offering and the dates we are offering them. Under the course title you will find a drop down box with the course dates, you can click on the course date of your choice. Then click Register for Course, here you will enter your contact information. After entering this information click the box that says Register for Course. You will be notified by mail or email if you have been accepted for that course(s). You may sign up for as many courses as you wish. LODGING: For multiple day courses, the option of staying at the hotel that we provide is available to Laborers who live 50+ miles away. (2 Laborers assigned to each room). TRANSPORTATION: Laborers who are staying at the hotel will be reimbursed mileage from their home to the Training Center and back. The Commuters will be paid $20.00 per day. You will receive a check upon completion of the class. MEALS: We will not provide meals at the Training Center. Bring your own lunch for the noon meal. A large cooler, microwaves, snack and soda machines, paper plates, napkins, silverware, and coffee are provided. UNION CARDS AND WORK CLOTHES: Students at the Training Center must be in good standing with their local, bring your current union card to class. Students are required to wear pants, shirts, and work boots. The Training Center will provide hard hats and safety equipment. REPORTING WITH INJURIES TO THE TRAINING CENTER: Classes at the Training Center are primarily hands-on, involving the physical work of a construction laborer. The Training Center does not have the resources to tailor classes to each individual who may have a temporary injury. 1. When a class involves physical work participants may not enroll in the class if they are currently unable to work as a construction laborer because of an injury, whether work-related or non-work related. 2. When a class does not involve physical labor but rather classroom lectures and written materials, participants who are unable to work because of an injury, whether work-related or non-work-related, may enroll in the class. Journeyman Laborers ARE available for work when attending classes. If you are called back to work while attending classes you will stop training and return to work.
Basic Transit & Level October 3 14, 2016 November 7 18, 2016 Nov. 28 Dec. 9, 2016 Jan. 23 Feb. 3, 2017 Feb. 20 March 3, 2017 April 3 13, 2017 Blueprint Reading Prerequisite: Basic Transit & Level October 17 28, 2016 January 9 20, 2017 February 6 17, 2017 March 20 31, 2017 April 17 28, 2017 Foreman Preparedness March 6 10, 2017 Basic Pipelaying: Prerequisite: Basic Transit & Level Jan. 16 Feb. 3, 2017 Advanced Pipelaying January 9 13, 2017 Mason Tending January 9 13, 2017 February 6 10, 2017 March 27 31, 2017 Basic Concrete Construction: Oct. 31 Nov 4, 2016 December 5 9, 2016 February 13 17, 2017 February 20 24, 2017 Feb. 27 March 3, 2017 Decorative Concrete Finishing Prerequisite: Basic Concrete Construction March 6 10, 2017 General Construction January 16 20, 2017 Jan. 30 Feb. 3, 2017 Scaffold Builder October 17 21, 2016 Nov. 28 Dec. 2, 2016 January 23 27, 2017 March 20 24, 2017 OSHA 30 Nov. 28 Dec. 2, 2016 January 16 20, 2017 @ Local 140 Jan. 30 Feb. 3, 2017 @ Local 464 February 6 10, 2017 @ Local 330 February 13 17, 2017 @ Local 464 Feb. 27 March 3, 2017 @ Local 464 March 6 10, 2017 March 13 17, 2017 @ Local 330 March 13 17, 2017 @ Local 113 March 20 24, 2017 March 27 31, 2017 April 3 7, 2017 April 17 21, 2017 Rough Terrain Forklift Safety & Operation: November 8 9, 2016 November 21 22, 2016 February 6 7, 2017 Course Dates February 8 9, 2017 February 27 28, 2017 March 1 2, 2017 March 20 21, 2017 March 22 23, 2017 April 3 4, 2017 April 5 6, 2017 Forklift Operation Refresher: Thursday, October 27, 2016 Thursday, November 10, 2016 Thursday, December 8, 2016 First Aid/CPR/AED Wednesday, November 2, 2016 @ Local 330 Friday, November 4, 2016 Monday, November 7, 2016 @ Local 268 Monday, November 14, 2016 Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Friday, December 2, 2016 Wednesday, December 7, 2016 @ Local 113 Tuesday, December 13, 2016 @ Local 140 Thursday, December 15, 2016 @ Local 330 Monday, December 19, 2016 Friday, January 6, 2017 @ Local 113 Thursday, January 12, 2017 Thursday, January 19, 2017 @ Local 330 Tuesday, January 24, 2017 @ Local 268 Tuesday, January 24, 2017 @ Local 464 Wednesday, January 25, 2017 @ Local 464 Thursday, February 2, 2017 @ Local 140 Friday, February 3, 2017 @ Local 113 Friday, February 10, 2017 @ Local 113 Friday, February 24, 2017 Tuesday, March 14, 2017 @ Local 268 Friday, March 17, 2017 @ Local 464 Tuesday, March 21, 2017 @ Local 330 Friday, March 31 Monday, April 10, 2017 @ Local 113 Tuesday, April 11, 2017 @ Local 140 Wednesday, April 12, 2017 Traffic Control & Flagging: Friday, November 11, 2016 Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Monday, December 19, 2016 Tuesday, December 20, 2016 Wednesday, December 21, 2016 Monday, January 23, 2017 @ Local 464 Friday, March 3, 2017 Welding & Cutting December 5 16, 2016 January 9 20, 2017 Jan. 23 Feb. 3, 2017 February 6 17, 2017 Feb. 20 March 3, 2017 March 27 April 7, 2017 Small Gas Engines December 19 21, 2016 January 3 5, 2017 Hazardous Waste Worker December 5 9, 2016 January 9 13, 2017 January 16 20, 2017 January 23 27, 2017 Jan. 30 Feb. 3, 2017 February 13 17, 2017 February 20 24, 2017 Hazardous Waste Worker Ref Thursday, November 17, 2016 Monday, December 5, 2016 Tuesday, December 6, 2016 @ Local 113 Wednesday, December 21, 2016 Wednesday, January 4, 2017 @ Local 330 Thursday, January 5, 2017 @ Local 113 Monday, January 9, 2017 Tuesday, January 17, 2017 @ Local 330 Thursday, January 26, 2017 @ Local 464 Thursday, February 9, 2017 @ Local 113 Monday, February 13, 2017 Monday, February 20, 2017 @ Local 464 Wednesday, March 8, 2017 Hoisting/Rigging & Hand Signal Oct. 31 Nov. 3, 2016 Nov. 28 Dec. 1, 2016 January 3 6, 2017 February 20 23, 2017 Feb. 27 March 2, 2017 March 27 30, 2017 Hoisting/Rigging & Hand Signal Ref Tuesday, November 1, 2016 @ Local 330 Tuesday, December 20, 2016 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 @ Local 113 Monday, January 23, 2017 @ Local 268 Thursday, January 26, 2017 @ Local 140 Wednesday, February 1, 2017 @ Local 140 Tuesday, February 7, 2017 @ Local 464 Wednesday, February 8, 2017 @ Local 113 Tuesday, February 14, 2017 @ Local 330 Wednesday, February 15, 2017 @ Local 330 Monday, March 13, 2017 @ Local 268 Thursday, March 16, 2017 @ Local 464 Monday, March 20, 2017 @ Local 330 Tuesday, April 11, 2017 @ Local 330 ICRA October 24 26, 2016 February 21 23, 2017 Asbestos Worker Refresher March 6, 2017 Asbestos Supervisor Course February 6 10, 2017 Asbestos Supervisor Refresher Monday, October 3, 2016 Tuesday, December 20, 2016 Tuesday, January 3, 2017 Tuesday, January 10, 2017 Tuesday, March 7, 2017 Thursday, March 9, 2017 Wednesday, April 26, 2017 Mini Crane Safety & Maintenance Monday, December 5, 2016 Monday, December 19, 2016 MSHA Refresher Monday, December 12, 2016 @ Local 140 Wednesday, December 14, 2016 @ Local 330 Wednesday, January 18, 2017 @ Local 330 Wednesday, January 25, 2017 @ Local 268 Monday, February 6, 2017 @ Local 464 Wednesday, March 15, 2017 @ Local 464 Monday, April 10, 2017
Environmental Asbestos Abatement Supervisor 40 Hours Characteristics, health effects, personal protective equipment, work practices, personal hygiene, safety hazards, medical/air monitoring, regulations, respiratory protection, legal liability, insurance, contract specs., supervisory techniques, recordkeeping, and state of the art equipment. Must bring in state ID. Hazardous Waste Worker 40 Hours 1 Week Health & Safety information, hazard recognition, engineering controls, personal protective equipment. Site safety plans, decontamination procedures, safe use of field equipment, sampling techniques, rights and responsibilities of worker, emergency procedures, medical surveillance, confined space, underground storage tanks, EPA regulations, principles of toxicology. Class starts at 8:00 a.m. the 1 st day of class. For this class you must be clean shaved for respirator user seal check. Your Instructor will inform you of what day you will need to be clean shaved by, it will not be the first day of class. Asbestos Worker Refresher 1 Day In order to keep your card current you must take a refresher every year. Asbestos Supervisor Refresher 1 Day In order to keep your card current you must take a refresher every year. Hazardous Waste Worker Refresher 1 Day In order to keep your card current you must take a refresher every year. If you do not attend a refresher on or before your renewal date your card is no longer good and you will need to take the course over in order to obtain a card.
Course Descriptions Basic Transit & Level 2 Weeks Transit, builders level, grade rod, range poles, set up and operation, applications field exercise, elevations and stakes, construction mathematics. Blueprint Reading 2 Weeks *Prerequisite: Basic Transit & Level A two week course on skills needed to read blueprints in the areas of pipe, building site, and road work. The students will also learn to figure quantities and layout. Foreman Preparedness 1 Week Health and safety recognition, communications, construction mathematics, general project skills, job instruction, dealing with people, problem solving, emergency response, hazard communication, substance abuse. Basic Pipelaying 3 Weeks *Prerequisite: Basic Transit & Level OSHA job safety, protective equipment, hand signals, compaction, soils, air tools, pipelaying, concrete, ductile iron, shoring, tight sheeting, sewer blueprints, pipe patching and repairing, trench shields, gravity flow pipe, tapping water main, copper flaring and field problems. Basic Concrete Construction 1 Week Basic construction mathematics, measuring, leveling, squaring methods, form systems, placement, vibration, stripping, cleaning, site safety, hand/power tools, field project to include: placing concrete, tool and equipment maintenance. Decorative Concrete Finishing 1 Week *Prerequisite: Concrete Construction Decorating concrete with stamps, stencils, and acid staining. Journeymen only. Mini Crane Safety & Maintenance 1 Day Safety use and maintenance of a robbotic mini crane. ICRA - 3 Days Infection Control Rick Assessment. Recommendations and work practices for hospital construction. Rough Terrain Forklift Safety and Operation 2 Days You must take a refresher every three years in order to stay current. Forklift safety, operation and maintenance. Skid steer loader safety operation & maintenance, material handling. General Construction 1 Week Introduction to the construction industry with regards to safety and proper techniques. Tool recognition and useage. Mason Tending 1 Week Job setup, tools, equipment, materials, estimating, hand stocking, scaffold building, mortar mixes. Traffic Control and Flagging 1 Day Controlling traffic through work areas is one of the most important and dangerous operations in construction projects. This Flagger Training Course is a comprehensive skill-building session that meets federal industry guidelines, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) guidelines. Must refresh every 5 years. CPR, AED & First Aid 1 Day OSHA 30 1 Week The 30-hour Construction Outreach Training Program is intended to provide a variety of training to workers with safety responsibility. Workers must receive additional training on hazards specific to their job. Training will emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention, of OSHA standards. Instructional time must be a minimum of 30 hours. OSHA subpart references are provided for informational purposes; training will emphasize hazard awareness. Small Gas Engine 3 Days Hands on training, demonstrations, gas/oil ratios, engine maintenance and repair. Welding/Cutting 2 Weeks Personal safety, protective equipment, grinding, AC-DC welding, cutting torches, oxygen/acetylene, flamex fuel, brazing, arc weld-horizontal/vertical, flat, pipe. Scaffold Builder 1 Week Course complies with OSHA regulations 1926. 450-454. Curriculum includes the OSHA standards, fall protection, stairways and ladders, electrical hazards and loading of scaffold. Hands-on training on the scaffold systems include frame & brace, tube & clamp; tower scaffolds and rolling tower. Hoisting/Rigging and Hand Signals 4 Days You must take a refresher every three years in order to stay current. A course designed for people with little or no experience with rigging and hand signals for cranes. Hoisting/Rigging and Hand Signals Refresher 1 Day You must take a refresher every three years in order to stay current. A course designed for people with 3-5 years of experience with rigging and hand signals for cranes. You will not need to take the initial course first prior to taking this course. Advanced Pipelaying 1 Week *Prerequisite: Must take Basic Pipelaying or have 3 years of experience (you will need to speak to one of our Pipelaying Instructors first before being accepted to this course if going by experience) Construction math, air testing, hydrostatic testing, soil classification and testing, and problem solving. MSHA Refresher 1 Day You must take a refresher every 12 months. Forklift Operation Refresher 1 Day You must take a refresher every 3 years in order to stay current.
APPLICATION WISCONSIN LABORERS APPRENTICESHIP & TRAINING FUND 4633 LIUNA WAY, SUITE 100, DEFOREST WI 53532 Phone Number: 1-800-275-6939 ** Fax: 608-846-3862 REGISTRATION/NAME * * - - First, Middle, Last Social Security # * - - Street Address Cell Phone * * * - - City State Postal/Zip Code Area Code & Phone Number * * * * * * * * * Local Union # Membership Card Number Entry Date Date of Birth Email Address: (If you wish to contacted by email with a class schedule and/or your acceptance letter) Class choices subject to availability 1 st Choice: Date of class: 2 nd Choice: Date of class: 3 rd Choice: Date of class: 4 th Choice: Date of class: Complete this application form and mail or fax it to the Training Center. The Training Center office will mail your acceptance information to your address above if you have been accepted, otherwise you will be placed on a waiting list. Select the course(s) you prefer and write them on the choice lines above. You will need to bring your Union Card & a picture I.D (example: driver s license) with you to class, otherwise you will not be allowed to attend class. You must be a member in good standing in order to attend courses. When a class involves physical work by the participants, participants may not enroll in the class if they are currently unable to work as a construction laborer because of an injury, whether work-related or non-work related. When a class does not involve physical labor but rather classroom lectures and written materials, participants who are unable to work do to an injury, whether work-related or non-work-related, may enroll in the class. Mileage checks for members taking classes will not be given to them until they completely finish the class, unless of emergency situation or a contractor calls them to work. I agree to notify the Training Fund Office at 800-275-6939 if I return to work or for any reason I am unable to attend the class(s) that I am enrolled in. FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Received on: Date: Signature: By:
Wisconsin Laborers District Council Wisconsin Laborers Apprenticeship and Training Fund 4633 LIUNA Way, Suite 100 DeForest, WI 53532 Like us on Facebook. We will be posting openings of classes. NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. Postage PAID Madison, WI Permit No. 300 2016-2017 Training Schedule Apprenticeship and Training Laborers Apprenticeship and Training Center 4633 LIUNA Way, Suite 100 DeForest, WI 53532 Phone: (608) 846-5764 Toll free: (800) 275-6939 Craig Ziegler, Director Ray Wiatt, Apprenticeship Coordinator Phone 608-846-5768 Stacy Miller, Office Manager Fall and Winter Class Schedule