CAT Apprenticeship Program
Announcements and Updates:
Nov. 14, 2023- Student Information Session 8:30 am Room 229 - Applications window will open
Nov. 14, 2023 - Feb 2, 2024- Live Online Application- LINK TO APPLICATION BELOW
CAT Parent Night : Jan 23, 2024 @ Dennis Wicker Civic Center 6pm-7pm
March 12, 2024- CAT Apprenticeship Interviews at Civic Center for Southern Lee High School Students
If you are not a Lee County Schools student but are interested in becoming a Lee County School student and you are currently a 10th grade student in good academic standing. Please contact Carrie Womack cwomack.sl@lee.k12.nc.us (919)718-2400 ext.2213 for more information about the Caterpillar Youth Apprenticeship Welding Program.
*Please login to your Lee County Schools Student email to access the Caterpillar application. *
CAT Parent Night Presentation 2_3_22.pptxThe Caterpillar Apprenticeship Training in Welding Program allows high school juniors and seniors to work and study at the same time. Students complete their final two years of high school while working and training inside Caterpillar's Sanford Fabrication facility and at The Innovation Center of Lee County. Welding-related college courses are provided by Central Carolina Community College. Students also work 30 or more hours per week in the summer between their junior and senior years.
Once students have completed the two-year apprenticeship program and have graduated from high school, they will have earned:
Industrial Systems Certificate from Central Carolina Community College
North Carolina Department of Labor High School Apprenticeship Certificate
Apprenticeship hours to transfer to an adult program
Career Readiness Certificate
Proprietary Caterpillar training
Preferred employment opportunity at Caterpillar (pending meeting full-time employment requirements)