AGC San Diego Chapter Annual Report 2015 | Page 12

APPRENTICESHIP &
TRAINING TRUST
CHAIRPERSON

The San Diego AGC Apprenticeship & Training Trust is designed to meet
THOMAS L. BROWN
the needs of AGC members who are interested in providing training and
Sierra Pacific West, Inc.
education for their jobsite apprentice employees. The program trains
open-shop employees in carpentry, cement masonry, drywall finishing, drywall lathing, laborers, painting, and heavy
equipment operating. The program is approved by the State of California Department of Industrial Relations, the Division
of Apprenticeship Standards, and by the Federal Department of Labor. Apprentices graduate in three to four years
and are certified by the AGC, the State of California, and the US Department of Labor. The completion certificates are
recognized throughout the nation as valid indicators that an apprentice has completed training that meets the industry’s
standards of occupational proficiency.
2015 brought an expansion to the Journeyman Upgrade Program (JUP). Member journeymen now have access to over
200 free classes annually to advance their craft skill, leadership and safety practices. The JUP also includes all classes
conducted on the new AGC Fall Protection and Confined Spaces Training Campus.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Jack C. Good, Good & Roberts, Inc.
Steve Madsen, Rocky Coast Builders, Inc.
Onofrio Pecoraro, Pecoraro, Inc.
Steve Thompson, Soltek Pacific Const. Co.

820

Journeymen
participated in
the Journeyman
Upgrade Program
during 2015

96

Apprentice
graduates for 2015

45%

AGC’s graduation
rate = 28% ABOVE
competing
programs

TRAINING FACILITIES

SAN DIEGO, RIVERSIDE, &
ORANGE COUNTIES
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