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Ironworkers Apprenticeship

MHCC partners with union ironworkers and employers to sponsor a four-year apprenticeship program. Training occurs in the classroom and on the jobsite. Ironworker apprentices attend a four-week daytime training session each year of their apprenticeship. Classes are often held during the winter months. Apprentices start at 65% of journey-level wage. Pay rates increase about every six months as an apprentice's work skills expand! 

You future as an Ironworker 

Ironworkers build the structural framework for high-rise buildings, bridges, power plants, and towers. They also place reinforcing steel in concrete forms for roadways, foundations, and structures. Ironworkers also erect aluminum fascia on high-rise window walls. So agility and comfort working off the ground are a must! 

 Want to learn more about how you can become an ironworker? We’re happy to help. Please email questions to MHCC Training Coordinator Dawn Loomis or email MHCC Apprenticeship Advisor and Outreach Specialist Howard Mitchell. 

Contact Ironworkers Chapter 29

Learn more about Ironworkers Chapter 29

Kevin Crocker 
Ironworkers Chapter 29 Apprenticeship Coordinator 
11620 NE Ainsworth Circle
Portland, OR 97206 
503-775-0877 
Fax: 503-775-6027 

Leah Thibeau 
Iron workers Chapter 29 Administrative Assistant  
503-775-0877 

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