Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Programs in Halton

Construction Craftworker

Program Description

What is the Construction Craftworker Program?

This program combines instruction in high school and at the E.H.Mancinelli Training Centre in Winona and provides a Co-operative Education placement in the construction industry. It is offered in Semester 2 and is open to students in their graduating year with a minimum of 26 credits.

Career As A Construction Craft Worker:

Construction Craft Workers work with  a great number of tools. They are truly the jack-of-all trades at building sites. Construction Craft Workers unload machinery and building materials and build scaffolding and barricades. When a job begins, their tasks include excavating and levelling building sites, building forms for concrete, and pouring, mixing and spreading concrete. Once the job is completed, they disassemble all the equipment used and clean up the site, including removing debris. They also sometimes help demolish buildings, which can include tearing down structures and salvaging materials for  recycle.Construction Craft Workers do not just work at building construction. They also work on roads, bridges, pipelines, and mining sites.Construction Craft Workers assist various other tradespeople, such as carpenters, plumbers, glaziers, roofers, and drywallers. They may work as flagmen/women; concrete mixers; and excavators. In this program, students complete the “Level One” portion of the in-school apprenticeship training for Construction Craft Worker. The education and training opportunities are provided at the home school and E.H. Mancinelli Training Centre in Winona. Upon successful completion of the in-school program, students are dispatched to a work-site for their Cooperative Education placement which lasts until the end of the semester.

Location:

E.H. Mancinelli Training Centre
526 Winona Road
Stoney Creek, Ontario L8E 5E9

Certifications:

This full-day, 4 credit course begins at LIUNA’s Mancinelli Apprentice Training Center in Winona in February and ends in mid April. Students will learn and be certified in the following Craft Labourer Apprenticeship Level 1 skills:

  • Chainsaw Safety
  • Compaction
  • Concrete Cutting and Coring
  • Confined Space
  • Cutting and Burning Safety
  • Emergency First Aid and CPR Basic Level
  • Fall Arrest
  • Forklift Operator
  • Health and Safety Level 1
  • Powered Elevated Work Platform
  • Propane Safety
  • Skid Steer Loader Operator
  • Traffic Control
  • WHMIS

Students with further develop these skills with a construction company for the rest of the semester.

Application Form:

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