Sacramento Valley Sheet Metal Apprenticeship Program
Sheet Metal Workers' Training Center

Information on the Sheet Metal Worker Apprenticeship Application

What is a Sheet Metal Worker?

Sheet Metal Workers are part of the building and construction trades.

The Sheet Metal trade is unique because it is one of the few crafts that starts with raw material, creates a component, installs, and maintains the product. In a shop, workers determine the quantity and type of material they will need to correspond with blueprints and specifications. Using a combination of mathematics, layout tools, hammers, drills, hacksaws, plasma and laser beam cutting systems, computers, cutting, forming, seaming or welding machines, workers manipulate the material into the product desired. Prefabricated parts are transported to construction job sites for installation according to blue prints and careful coordination on the jobsite. The maintenance sector includes preventive maintenance, repair, testing, balancing and sometimes certification of the installed systems. Items commonly fabricated and installed include HVAC systems, metal roofs, kitchen hoods, various flashings, gutters, decorative architectural features and many other items made of a variety of metals.

Workers constantly meet new challenges, using their hands, visualizing and analyzing how components can be made or installed, how mechanical systems work, and practice human relations in working with clients and coordinating with other workers. It is an interesting and evolving field with exciting growth potential.

The apprenticeship is an earn-while-you-learn program involving paid "full time" work and related classes.

Term: Five (5) year apprenticeship program.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Provide proof that you are at least 18 years old.
2. Provide an original High School Diploma, Equivalency Certificate, GED or a sealed transcript.
   
3. Provide proof of a valid CA driver's license.
4. Pass a pre-qualifying test with a score of 70%.
5. Pass a DOT drug screen prior to being employed as a pre-apprentice and being considered for indenture as an apprentice.

Procedure for Testing:

• Testing is the first step to pre-qualify you for apprenticeship in Sheet Metal or Service Technician.
  
  
• Tests are given on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 1:00 p.m. at the Sheet Metal Workers' Training Center. NO LATE ADMITTANCE!
  
  
• We allow four hours for the test, which includes completing the required application and orientation.
  
  
• You must score 70% or better to qualify.
  
  
• If you score at least 50%, but below 70%, you may retake the test at the next scheduled test date.
  
  
• If you score below 50%, OR fail the test twice, you will have to wait six (6) months before you will be eligible to retake the test.
  
  
• Your name will be placed on our Pass or Fail list in the order you finish your test.
  
  
• All qualified applicants are required to contact the Sheet Metal Workers' Training Center at least every six months in order to maintain their place on the list.
  
  
• All Qualified Applicants (those who have successfully met requirements 1-4 above) will be able to seek employment from the list of sponsoring shops. You must bring a CURRENT DMV PRINTOUT to the shop when you apply for employment.
  
  
• All applicants start out as a pre-apprentice, and will not attend any apprentice classes until your employer can sponsor you and the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC) indentures (accepts) you into the Apprenticeship Program.
  
  
• Method of ranking applicants subject to the approval of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.
  
  

DECLARATION OF POLICY / PROCEDURE

The following section outlines the process for selection and placement of apprentices of the Sacramento Valley Sheet Metal Workers and Service Technician Industry, as adopted by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee.

I. Selection of apprentices under this program shall be made on the basis of qualification alone, and all applicants will be afforded equal opportunity under these standards without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex, or physical handicaps (except to the extent that such physical handicaps affect the applicant's qualifications for the trade or craft).

II. Minimum qualifications for entrance to Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship Program:

A. All qualified applicants must be at least 18 years of age. Proof that applicant is at least 18 years of age will be required at time of application.

B. All qualified applicants must have completed High School, passed the GED with an overall score of not less than 45, or have High School Proficiency Certification. Proof will be required at time of application (Original H.S. Diploma, GED, or High School Equivalency Exam). An official sealed transcript is acceptable if original is not available.

C. All qualified applicants must show proof of a valid CA Driver's License.

D. Applicant must be physically able to perform the work of the trade.

E. All applicants must pass the "Sheet Metal Worker/Service Technician Pre-qualifying Test" with a score of at least 70% before being considered by the Joint Apprenticeship Committee as a qualified apprentice applicant. Any applicant who fails to pass the test will be eligible to retest under the following conditions: (1) Score below 70% but at least 50% may retest on next test date, (2) Score below 50% must wait six (6) months to retest.

F. Prior to starting work, applicants must report to a testing lab specified by the JATC and submit to a urinalysis drug screen prior to working as a pre-apprentice.

G. Additional Requirements:

1. All qualified applicants will be placed on the qualified applicant list in the order that he/she meets all the above qualifications.

2. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to keep the Joint Apprenticeship Committee office informed of their current telephone number and address. Failure to do so shall result in removal from the qualified applicant list.

3. In the event that the first applicant on the qualified applicant list cannot be reached for dispatch or refuses to accept an offer of program placement, the next person on the list will be called.

4. If contact is attempted two (2) times without success or program placement is refused, the applicant will no longer be eligible for notification of available placement from the Joint Apprenticeship Committee office; however, the applicant is free to seek employment from the provided employer list.

5. All applicants must maintain contact with the Joint Apprenticeship Committee office on a six (6) month basis from date of eligibility. Failure to do so will result in removal from active employment list.

III. Application Lists:

Lists of qualified apprentice applicants shall be developed on the basis of qualifications alone. Any approved Local 162 employer shall have the right to select the top qualified applicant from the list for entry into the apprenticeship training program.

IV. Policy Objectives:

To assure that all training classes are conducted in an orderly, businesslike manner. To promote excellent workmanship, mature attitude, and conduct. To encourage clean and neat work habits. To provide the industry with highly qualified technicians. To advance present training programs. To take any action necessary to accomplish the above objectives.

 

Procedures of Selection of Apprentices

I. Selection Procedure:

A. Applications are available at the office of the Sheet Metal Joint Apprenticeship Committee, 1624 Silica Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95815 and are accepted prior to the applicant testing, on the second and third Thursday of each month at 1:00 p.m.

B. March 1 through September 30 are indenturing months, unless special circumstances occur which require placements at other times.

C. Placement/Employment of pre-apprentices may be anytime throughout the year.

II. Step-by-Step Procedures for processing each Applicant:

A. The applicant shall be given a copy of the apprentice selection procedures.

B. Check the application for Basic Entrance Requirements: High School Diploma, GED, H.S. Equivalency, age, CA Driver' License, etc., as set forth in the Standards.

C. Each applicant must furnish proof of age, a high school diploma, GED, verifiable transcript, or High School Proficiency Certificate and take the pre-qualifying test before the applicant can be processed further.

D. If application is deficient in any of the Basic Requirements, the application will be noted showing applicant is not qualified until the requirements are met.

E. Applicants will be notified by mail when they have passed or failed the entrance exam and/or have met all eligibility requirements of the program. Applicants must bring a current DMV printout with them when applying for pre-apprentice positions.

Benefits

Our program is jointly sponsored by Sheet Metal Workers' Local 162 and the local chapter of the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA). As an employee and union member, you will be afforded excellent medical, dental, and optical coverage, as well as vacation and pension benefits.

 

Program

The term of apprenticeship is five years. Apprentices will also attend a minimum of 1080 hours of related classroom instructions along with on-the-job training.

For more information, please visit Sacramento Valley Sheet Metal Apprenticeship Program website at: www.sheetmetaltraining.com.

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