The Northeastern Pennsylvania Pre-Apprenticeship Initiative's Build Your Future program connects high school seniors to opportunities in the Building and Construction trades. Through a partnership with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Labor Management Council, local Workforce Investment Boards, the Building and Construction Trades Council, Educational Institutions and PA CareerLink, the Pre-Apprenticeship Initiative works to provide qualified applicants to the Building and Construction trades apprenticeship programs.
How does it work?
The Pre-Apprenticeship Initiative's Out-of-School program is an eccelerated program designed for those who already have their high school diploma or GED. Applicants for the "Build it Now" program must be over the age of 18.
Applications available through our website or your high school guidance office.
Additional Information
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Pre-Apprenticeship Program is a project supported by a regional partnership of the Workforce Investment Boards of Luzerne/Schuylkill, Lackawanna, Northern Tier and Pocono Counties. For more information, please email nepalmc@epix.net or call 570-820-9501.
Local 669 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) is seeking qualified applicants for their 5 Year apprenticeship program. You must be 18 years or older, and have a high school diploma or G.E.D. Applications will be accepted 5 days a week between 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. at the [...]
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Pre-Apprenticeship Initiative to proud to congratulate our graduates who have taken and passed an apprenticeship aptitude exam for one of the building trades. More and more of you are passing and becoming apprentices with our local unions. Keep up the good work!! For those of you who have taken an exam and [...]
Answers to the April 12th Question of the Week – 1. A 2. D 3 A
Try answering following questions:
1. Mr. Benson wants to sort his computer files into folders that hold 30 files each. He has 960 files. About how many folders will Mr. Benson need to hold all the files?
A. 20 folders
B. 32 folders
C. 40 [...]
Congratulations to McClain Walsh, a graduate of the Lackawanna County “Build Your Future” Pre-Apprenticeship Program. McClain, an apprentice with IBEW Local 81 in Scranton, was recently interviewed for an MSNBC.com article in “Your Career” located in the Business section. Check out the following link for the full article. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36122189/ns/business-careers/
Graduation dates have been set for 4 “Build Your Future” Programs.
Lackawanna – April 27th at 6:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria at Johnson College Luzerne – April 28th at 6:00 p.m. in the Educational Conference Center at LCCC Schuylkill -May 12th at 6:00 p.m. at the Schuylkill CTC, N. Campus in Frackville Northern Tier – May 19th [...]
Apologies for the delay in publishing the answers to the February 15, 2010 reading comprehension questions – The answers are 1. C 2. D 3. C
Try these word problems:
1. Last year Patti K. sold TVs for a department store. She sold 110 big-screen TVs for $1,500 each. What is the total dollar amount Patti K. [...]
