Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships
There are many types of apprenticeships available in various fields, including the skilled trades (construction, plumbing/pipefitting, electrician, bricklayer, etc), diesel mechanic, some health professions, and many more. If you are interested in a particular career; it is a good idea to do your research and see if there is an apprenticeship program attached to that career prior to automatically registering to take classes through a local college. Oftentimes, you may need to contact the local business and ask if you can be taken on as an apprentice if the career is more non-traditional. If you have questions about these, or have a difficult time figuring out if your career of choice may have an apprenticeship program attached to it, please stop into the counseling office and we will figure it out together. Also, you can check out this website; it may be helpful when looking up careers that have apprenticeship programs.
http://www.corridorbusiness.com/news/demand-grows-for-corridor-apprenticeship-programs/
Here is a news article written on December 5, 2016 about apprenticeship programs in the Cedar Rapids area. There is a lot of good information in here about the types of skills you need to have if you are interested in applying for an apprenticeship program straight from the training center coordinators.
- This is a good website to explore the variety of options within the skilled trades. Please watch the introductory youtube about careers in construction. It explains the many different skilled trades available to students and the training options.
Student Built House--Building Trades is a year-long class for high school juniors and seniors that is offered by the Cedar Rapids Community School District. The class meets away from the school campus at a construction site. During the school year, students in the class build a house for high school credit!
- The Building Pros of Eastern Iowa are firms, unions, and professionals living and working from Burlington to Dubuque, Waterloo to Washington, and Iowa City to Cedar Rapids. They support Metro High School through funding, mentors, and collaborative efforts to help expose students to the skilled trades.
Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Building Trades Council
- This website represents 18 building trade unions in the corridor. Information can be found about careers in each trade union, apprenticeships, wage information, and contact info/website links to each trade union.
https://www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov/iowa-registered-apprenticeship-apprenticeshipusa
