Training - San Ramon

Main Campus – San Ramon

January 1 through March 31, 2012

(Courses of one week or more in length require drug testing)

Apprenticeship Courses

Construction Courses

Equipment Courses

Environmental Courses

Safety Courses

Welding Courses

Mobile Training Unit Availability

Apprenticeship Courses
Courses	Language	Dates	Length	Prerequisite
Apprenticeship – Initial	English	01/23 – 02/10 02/13 – 03/02 03/12 – 03/30	3 Weeks	Registered Apprentices
Apprenticeship – Follow-up	English	01/09 – 01/20 02/06 – 02/17 03/05 – 03/16	2 Weeks	Registered Apprentices

Construction Courses
Courses	Language	Dates	Length	Prerequisite
Basic Construction Math Skills	English	03/05 – 03/09	1 Week	N/A
Blueprint Reading	English	01/04 – 01/06	3 Days	N/A
Fundamentals of Construction	English	03/19 – 03/30	2 Weeks	N/A
Grade Checking Orientation	English	01/03 – 01/06	4 Days	N/A
Rigging & Signaling	English	03/05 – 03/09 03/26 – 03/30	1 Week	N/A
Shotcrete Techniques	English	03/12 – 03/23	2 Weeks	Fundamentals of Construction or Experience

Equipment Courses
Courses	Language	Dates	Length	Prerequisite
Aerial Work Platform	English	02/23 – 02/24	2 Days	N/A
Air Track Drilling Orientation	English	01/09 – 01/13	1 Week	N/A
Air Track Drilling Advanced	English	01/16 – 02/03	3 Weeks	N/A
Concrete Coring & Saw Cutting	English	02/23 – 02/24	2 Days	Experience Required
Forklift Certification (Advanced)	English	02/02 02/22	1 Day	Experience Required
Forklift Certification (Advanced)	Spanish	02/01 02/21	1 Day	Experience Required
Skid-Steer Loader (Bobcat) (Beginner)	English	03/05 – 03/09	1 Week	N/A
Skid-Steer Loader (Bobcat) (Advanced)	English	03/02	1 Day	N/A

Environmental Courses
Courses	Language	Dates	Length	Prerequisite
Asbestos Worker Initial	English	01/23 – 01/27 02/13 – 02/17 * at NCCT	1 Week	N/A
Asbestos Worker Initial	Spanish	03/26 – 03/30	1 Week	N/A
Asbestos Recertification	English	01/06 02/22	1 Day	Valid Certificate
Hazardous Waste Removal	English	01/16 – 01/20 03/26 – 03/30	1 Week	200 Hours Worked
Hazardous Waste Removal	Spanish	01/23 – 01/27	1 Week	200 Hours Worked
Hazardous Waste Re-certification	English	01/04 02/14	1 Day	Valid Certificate
Hazardous Waste Re-certification	Spanish	01/06 02/15	1 Day	Valid Certificate
Lead Re-certification	English	02/23	1 Day	Valid Certificate
Lead Worker Initial	English	01/30 – 02/01 02/06 – 02/08 * at NCCT	3 Days	N/A
Solar Orientation	English	01/23	1 Day	N/A
Introduction to Solar Photovoltaics Installation PV 1	English	01/30 – 02/03	1 Week	Solar Orientation
Introduction to Solar Photovoltaics Installation PV 2	English	02/27 – 03/02	1 Week	Introduction to Solar Photovoltaics Installation PV 1

Safety Courses
Courses	Language	Dates	Length	Prerequisite
BATC (Refinery Safety)	English	01/05 02/03	1 Day	ID Required
First-Aid / CPR	English	01/05	1 Day	N/A
Fire Watch Safety	English	02/10 03/02 03/30	1 Day	N/A
Flagging Certification	English	01/17 03/22	1 Day	N/A
Flagging Certification	Spanish	01/18 03/21	1 Day	N/A
OSHA 10-Hour	English	01/03 – 01/04	2 Days	N/A
OSHA 10-Hour and Traffic Control	English	02/21 – 02/22	2 Days	N/A
Safety Certification	English	01/09 – 01/13 * at Local 185 SAC 01/30 – 02/03 02/27 – 03/02	1 Week	N/A
Safety Certification	Spanish	02/06 – 02/10	1 Week	N/A
Traffic Control	English	01/19	1 Day	N/A
Mine and Tunnel Safety and Preparedness	English	03/05 – 03/16	2 Weeks	N/A

Welding Courses
Courses	Language	Dates	Length	Prerequisite
Oxy Torch Cutting	English	01/06 02/21	1 Day	N/A
Welding Certification	English	02/11, 02/18, 02/25, 03/03, 03/10	5 Days	5 Consecutive Saturdays

Mobile Training Unit Availability

In order to make training more convenient for members of the Laborers’ Union and its signatory contractors in Northern California, the Terence J. O’Sullivan Laborers’ Training Center is now taking reservations for its Mobile Training Unit.

The state-of-the-art portable classroom can be brought to Local Union offices, construction sites or anywhere else that training for Construction Craft Laborers is needed. Most training classes offered through the Mobile Training Unit are one-day (8-hour) classes. The Laborers’ Training Center provides the instructor(s), course materials and equipment. Certificates for trainees who successfully complete a class are generally mailed directly to the trainee within one week.

Contact Jerome Williams at the Laborers’ Training Center in San Ramon for the current list of classes and dates when the Mobile Training Unit is available. He can be reached at (925) 828-2513, or via e-mail at: training@norcalaborers.org

Copyright ©2003; Laborers Funds Administrative Office of Northern California, Inc. All rights reserved.
Derechos Reservados Propiedad Literaria ©2003, La Oficina Administrativa de Fondos de los Obreros del Norte de California, Inc.

January 1 through March 31, 2012

(Courses of one week or more in length require drug testing)

Copyright ©2003; Laborers Funds Administrative Office of Northern California, Inc. All rights reserved. Derechos Reservados Propiedad Literaria ©2003, La Oficina Administrativa de Fondos de los Obreros del Norte de California, Inc.

Copyright ©2003; Laborers Funds Administrative Office of Northern California, Inc. All rights reserved.
Derechos Reservados Propiedad Literaria ©2003, La Oficina Administrativa de Fondos de los Obreros del Norte de California, Inc.