Why Enroll?
Are you interested in a career in the building trades? Building trades jobs are a pathway to good paying jobs and benefits.
You can start your journey of securing a job in the various building trades by participating in the pre-apprenticeship training program, a collaboration between the Monterey County Wrokforce Development Board and the Monterey/Santa Cruz Counties Building and Construction Trades Council. The program is a Mon – Fri, 8 hour a day, 9-week/350-hour training program. Upon completion of the pre-apprenticeship training program, you will obtain the skills needed to apply for an apprenticeship program in various trades.
After the classroom training portion, you may participate in a 4-week PAID internship with several construction industry employers in Monterey/Santa Cruz county areas.
Follow A Career Pathway to:
Heat and Frost Insulators, Boilermakers, Bricklayers, Electricians, Elevator Constructors, Iron Workers, Plasterers and Cement Masons, Painters, Roofers, Sheet Metal Workers, Plumbers and Pipe Fitters, Carpenters, Operating Engineers, Laborers, Teamsters
Funding for the Tri-County Apprenticeship Preparation program is provided by the Monterey County Workforce Development Board through a grant from the California Workforce Development Board SB 1 (Transportation Funding), in Partnership with the Santa Cruz and San Benito Workforce Development Boards and the Monterey-Santa Cruz Building Trades Council Training & Education Fund.
Applicants who wish to go through the program must be prepared to participate in a screening process which will test their English and Math competency, physical agility, teamwork and leadership skills. An interview will end the process and applicants will be selected to be in the program.