Apprenticeship Benefits

Apprenticeship Pays

Pays the Community Because:

• The apprentice is earning a wage and hence becomes a taxpayer directly supporting the local community.
• The apprenticeship system can meet the needs of unskilled workers for training.
• Apprenticeship assures a means for passing on skills and knowledge from one generation to the next.

Pays the Apprentice By:

• Earning a living while training for a career.
• Receiving regular pay increases as job skills increase.
• Acquiring a skill that will enable the apprentice to compete more effectively in the labor market.

Pays the Employer By:

• Instilling loyalty in employees, by demonstrating the commitment to provide training.
• Reducing labor turnover and absenteeism, because employees are motivated & encouraged.
• Creating customer satisfaction, generated by quality apprentice / journeyworker workmanship.
• Receiving recognition as a supporter of State & National efforts to train people in skills necessary to become contributing members of society.
• Allowing a compensation scale equal to competency of workforce. 

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Thank you to the following sponsors of our 2009 Golf Tournament

Jaynes Corporation

Kinney Agency

CNA

Berkley Surety Group, Inc.

Granite Re., Inc.

Westfield Insurance

Beaty Construction Company, Inc.

Lockwood Construction Company