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Jobs for Community Residents: Why Housing Authorities Should Be Your New Best Friend
Philadelphia Housing AuthorityPre-ApprenticeshipTraining ProgramGeorge JohnsonApril XX, 2012
Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining Program
On May 6, 1999, the following parties entered into a Memorandum of Agreement in support of the largest pre-apprenticeship training effort for public housing residents in the United States:
─ PHA─ Mayor of Philadelphia─ Carpenters Union─ Electricians Union─ Plumbers Union─ Painters Union─ America Works Partnership─ Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council
Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining Program History
Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining Program
The goals of the newly designed program included:
- Creating access to viable job-training programs for public housing residents
- Supporting economic self-sufficiency
- Preparing graduates for entry into approved apprenticeships in various building and construction trades
Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining Program
Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining Program
Potential students are put through a multi-step screening process that includes:
1. Confirmation they are a PHA resident2. Completion of an application3. Personal interview4. Referral to PWDC for TABE testing, which
identifies their educational level5. Drug test and criminal background check
Once successfully completed, the applicant is admitted to the program.
Screening Process
Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining Program
Training falls into three categories:
• Vocational
• Academics
• Life Skills
In addition, a customized work plan is created for each student to provide proper preparation for their selected trade
Program Structure
Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining Program
Each student receives four weeks of training in each of the following trades:
• Electrical
• Painting
• Roofing
• Carpentry
• Plumbing
Vocational
Students also have the opportunity to receive the following additional training and certifications:
• OSHA – 10 Certification• RRP (Renovation, Repair &
Painting EPA Certification)• Forklift Certification• GED (if needed)• Introduction to Welding• Weatherization Basics• Cultural Awareness• FLIP – Financial Literacy
Improvement Program
Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining Program
• The Pre-Apprenticeship also addresses academic and life skills issues to help produce viable employees.
• Students receive academic training in disciplines beneficial to their future work responsibilities, including:
– Math
– Computer skills
– GED preparation and testing
Academic
Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining Program
The Pre-Apprenticeship also addresses academic and life skills issues to help produce viable employees
Students receive academic training in disciplines beneficial to their future work responsibilities, including:
• Math/Reading Comprehension
• Computer skills
• Career and Professional Preparation
• Soft Skills (Communication, Leadership, Ethics,
and Collaboration)
Academic (cont.)
Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining Program
Additional instruction and focus of program include: ─ Work Ethic
Punctuality, organization, accountability, teamwork─ Work Environment
Transitioning to work, adapting to a union oriented work site, appropriate workplace behavior
─ Financial LiteracyFinance management skills are important, particularly
because of the cyclical nature of the construction industry
Life Skills
Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining Program
Since program inception in 1999:807 students have graduated
692 graduates have obtained successful employment, in either a
union-sponsored apprenticeship (421) or a non-union job (271)
Program ResultsPlacement
Graduates have been sponsored and placed in the following unions:
carpenters laborers electricians painters roofers plumbers
drywall finishers cement finishers sheet metal workers glaziers operating engineers plasterers
Pre-ApprenticeshipTraining Program
Average initial earning wage of 2010 graduate was $12.84 + benefitsGraduates are notified of scheduled tests for entrance into the following trade unions:
─ Painters
─ Glaziers
─ Electricians
─ Carpenters
─ Sheet Metal Workers
─ Plumbers
Most graduates who chose not to pursue positions in the building trades find gainful employment in other positions
Post-Graduation
THANK YOU!
To follow up with the speaker: George JohnsonContact information: Work Force Development Center
1905 Vare Ave.Philadelphia, Pa. 19145(215) 684-8049(215) 684-8050(215) 684-8051 fax
Presentations will be available at www.ncrc.org/conference by April 30, 2012