{"id":42,"date":"2020-04-14T18:03:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T18:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagobuildingtrades.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2020-04-16T20:16:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T20:16:39","slug":"apprenticeship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chicagobuildingtrades.org\/index.php\/apprenticeship\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprenticeship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An apprentice is a worker who learns a skilled trade through planned, supervised, on-the-job training and related classroom instruction.&nbsp; An union apprentice is a regular part of the work force and earns wages while acquiring important skills.&nbsp; The length of an union apprenticeship program ranges from three to five years.&nbsp; At the completion of the program, an apprentice becomes a journeyperson, fully qualified to perform the work of the trade and earns full pay for their skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those interested in becoming a skilled journeyperson, the importance of a well-rounded high school education cannot be over emphasized.&nbsp; A strong background in math and science is important.&nbsp; Good attendance is a necessity.&nbsp; Today&#8217;s competitive industry requires employees who can perform technical tasks, exercise good judgement and possess strong work ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The selection of apprentices is conducted by the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) of each trade.&nbsp; These committees are staffed by member representatives of both management and labor organizations.&nbsp; Each JATC seeks men and women who demonstrate the best character, aptitude, motivation and personality traits conducive to success in their trade.&nbsp; Apprentice candidates are considered under the equal employment opportunity guidelines.&nbsp; They are required to participate in standardized testing and are personally interviewed by the JATC.&nbsp; It is their goal to select candidates who demonstrate reliability and sincere desire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An apprentice is a worker who learns a skilled trade through planned, supervised, on-the-job training and related classroom instruction.&nbsp; An union apprentice is a regular part of the work force [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagobuildingtrades.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagobuildingtrades.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagobuildingtrades.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagobuildingtrades.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagobuildingtrades.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagobuildingtrades.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43,"href":"https:\/\/chicagobuildingtrades.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagobuildingtrades.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}