Construction Apprenticeship Tech Prep Consortium

CATPC is a tech prep educational program which provides secondary students with improved opportunities for a high-skilled, high-wage and technical occupation.  The Consortium provides a bridge connecting students and technical schools with appenticeship opportunities so you can begin to build on a great career.  Skilled crafts that participate in the Tech Prep Consortium are: Bricklayers, Cabinet Makers,

Carpenters, Cement Masons, Construction Laborers, Electricians, Glaziers, Ironworkers, Millwrights, Painters, Roofers and Sprinkler Fitters. If you decide that an apprenticeship program in one of these crafts is for you, just follow these four steps to success:

Step 1: Apply for and be admitted to a construction trades or related craft program at your Career and technical Center (CTC).

Step 2: Ask your counselor or CTC representative how to apply for admission to a registered apprenticeship program and become eligible to receive advanced placement for skills learned at your CTC.

Step 3: Sign a Letter of Agreement and meet the requirements listed below.

Step 4: Complete the requirements for graduation or earn a G.E.D. Make a formal application to the apprenticeship program if you meet conditions set by the Construction Apprenticeship Tech Prep Consortium (CATPC).

What’s in it for you?

  • An education in “real world” job skills in a specialized craft
  • Good wages, job variety, a sense of accomplishment
  • A head start in apprenticing to a life-long career
  • The opportunity to find out what a construction career has in store for you...the expectations, the demands, the rewards
  • Earn 30 hours of college credit during apprenticeship
  • The opportunity to receive advanced placement on the wage scale at the time of admission to the apprenticeship program

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To qualify for advanced placement, participants will be asked to meet the following requirements:

  • Complete the CTC Construction Trades or related program with at least a “B” (3.0 GPA) average.
  • Maintain at or above a 95% attendance record.
  • Attain minimum skills as required by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), the CTC instructor, and the Construction Apprenticeship Tech Prep Consortium.
  • Agree to an assessment that will determine the skills learned at the CTC.  Skills learned will provide an opportunity for advanced placement upon entering the apprenticeship program.
  • Abstain from drug use and willingly submit to a urinalysis test at such time as required by the apprenticeship program.
  • Participate in the Transitional Training Program (TTP) during the second semester of your senior year.  (To participate, you must meet attendance and grade requirements.)

If you are interested in this program, contact your school’s CTC, or call the CATPC Coordinator, John Hall, at (816) 471-0880 ext. 1355.