Welcome to Northeastern Pennsylvania Pre-Apprenticeship Initiative's website

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?

  • 12-week after school program during your Sr. year in High School (Classes meet twice a week)
  • Take classes in basic math, construction, and work readiness
  • Hear guest speakers from the trades and visit union training centers and work sites
  • Earn a stipend and a bonus for perfect attendance

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.

Question of the Week (February 15, 2010)

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Pre-Apprenticeship Students in Action

Northern Tier and Schuylkill Programs Postponed Due to Weather

The Northern Tier and Schuylkill County Pre-Apprenticeship programs scheduled to begin on February 10th are  being postponed due to a weather system that will most likely bring heavy snow to NE PA from Tuesday evening into Wednesday. Please contact 570-820-9501 for up-to-the-minute details.

“Build Your Future” Programs now forming

The Pre-Apprenticeship “Build Your Future” program is recruiting candidates for several programs. The 12-week session will start in Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, and Schuylkill Counties at the end of January and the beginning of February. Interested high school seniors can download an application from this site and mail it to 100 N. Wilkes-Barre, Blvd., Suite 201 [...]

Winner of $100 Gift Card

Thank you to our alumni who completed and mailed their Graduate Student Survey to our office. Congratulations to Jonathan Savero whose name was randomly selected for a $100 Gift Card!!

“Frame Your Future”

“Frame Your Future” is a new career awareness program especially for 9th through 11th grade students. Students will learn about all the different career opportunities in the building and construction trades; the history of labor; math for the trades; basic construction and work readiness skills. Students will complete projects during this nine week program and will receive incentives [...]

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