Apprenticeship is not just a Job,
but a Career Opportunity!
Apprenticeship Committees We Work With
Sheet Metal/HVAC
Area III Sheet Metal/HVAC Environmental Systems JATC 3025
(Lane and Douglas Counties)
Apprenticeship Programs Offered:
Sheet metal Worker
HVAC Service Technician/Installer
Sheet Metal Pool is Open January 9, 2023 to January 20, 2023
HVAC Pool is Open February 28, 2023 to March 10, 2023
What is an apprenticeship program?
Apprenticeship is the opportunity to learn a trade and advance to the level of Journeyworker in a specified time which varies per trade. An Apprentice will start at a wage of about 50% of the average Journeyworkers wage for the trade in the area of the state (Oregon) that they are working in. Apprentices receive a 5-10% pay increase every 1000 On-the-Job hours with required hours of schooling.
Most Apprenticeship programs are connected with a community college thus having the ability to earn an Associate’s Degree as part of the apprenticeship program.
When an apprentice completes the required on-the-job hours and school hours they are either completed as a Journeyworker or sent to the Licensing EXAM, if they are training in a licensed trade.
Once an apprentices completes the program they then have the ability to grow within the company they work.
Apprenticeship is not just a job, but a career opportunity!
It is an occupational training that combines supervised on-the-job training experience with classroom instruction.