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A union apprenticeship is an excellent career choice if you like to work with your hands; are willing to serve an apprenticeship for up to five years, depending on the trade you select; have dexterity, mechanical ability, problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a team; want to earn a living wage and good benefits; and want the opportunity to advance in your career.

• Become skilled in a trade, and get paid to do it - "Earn While You Learn!"
• Paid "scholarship" - no or low-cost supervised training
• Full-time employment with career placement built in
• Progressively increasing wage with excellent benefits
• Nationally recognized credential - Completion of Apprenticeship Certificate
• Improved job security and standard of living
• Opportunity for college credit and/or associate degree
• Pride and Dignity

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Statewide Effort Will Train California's Future Skilled Workforce, Promote Student Apprenticeships to Rebuild State Infrastructure
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the launch of the "I Built It-Youth" campaign, a statewide effort to begin training California's future skilled workforce, which will be instrumental in rebuilding California's infrastructure. The campaign is a collaboration between the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and the California Department of Education (CDE) designed to promote careers in the construction trades to junior and senior high students through apprenticeship opportunities that will allow them to participate in the state's economic recovery process and prepare them to join the next generation of skilled workers in California.
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