Climate Works Pre-Apprenticeship Training

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Description
​Goals of Pre-Apprenticeship Program to provide pre-apprenticeship skills training for participants free of charge. Participants also receive a stipend and are prepared for careers in the construction and building trades and clean energy related jobs.  After completion candidates will be prepared to transition into an apprenticeship program. 

Employers
  • Non-Union employers will benefit from the Climate Works Pre-apprenticeship should participants choose to seek careers in clean industry related employment. 
  • Employers looking to recruit qualified talent can connect to the Energy Transition Navigator or Climate Works program administrators.​​
Unions​​

  • Union employers will benefit from the Climate Works Pre-apprenticeship program as participants are prepared to apply to registered apprenticeships and seek careers in the construction and building trades and clean energy industry. 
  • ​Unions that are looking to recruit qualified talent can connect to the Energy Transition Navigator or Climate Works program administrators.
Get Started with Your Local Climate Works Pre-Apprenticeship Program

To learn more about these programs, contact a Navigator near you​.​


Climate Works Training Programs
​Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Training​​

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If you would like to learn more about these training programs and the credentials earned upon completing them, please refer to your local Navigator​.

If employers are interested in learning more about these training programs and hiring opportunities, please refer to the contact information in the Contact column or contact your local Navigator.


​Grantee
 Training Provider Location​ Credentials Earned ​Contact
​​548 Foundation
 ​​Chicago
  • ​​NCCER
  • OSHA 10
  • First Aid/CPR​

 ​For ​Job Seekers​

For Employers

kgolder@548foundation.org
​​548 Foundation
 ​Waukegan
  • ​NCC​ER
  • OSHA 10
  • First Aid/CPR​

​​For Job Seekers​

For Employers

kgolder@548foundation.org
HIRE360
 Alton
  • ​First Aid/CPR Certification
  • OSHA 10-hour Construction Certificate
  • MC3 Pre-Apprenticeship C​ompletion Certificate
  • GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green Certificate
  • NCCER Core Curriculum Certification​

For Job Seekers

For Employers: 

Sgoforth@hire360partners.org
​HIRE360
 ​Bloomington/Normal
  • ​First Aid/CPR Certification
  • OSHA 10-hour Construction Certificate
  • MC3 Pre-Apprenticeship Completion Certificate
  • GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green Certificate
  • NCCER Core Curriculum Certification

For Job Seekers

For Employers: 

Sgoforth@hire360partners.org​
​HIRE360
 ​Champaign/Danville
  • ​First Aid/CPR Certification
  • OSHA 10-hour Construction Certificate
  • MC3 Pre-Apprenticeship Completion Certificate
  • GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green Certificate
  • NCCER Core Curriculum Certification​

For Job Seekers

For Employers: 

Sgoforth@hire360partners.org
​HIRE360
 ​​Decatur
  • First Aid/CPR Certification
  • OSHA 10-hour Construction Certificate
  • MC3 Pre-Apprenticeship Completion Certificate
  • GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green Certificate
  • NCCER Core Curriculum Certification​

For Job Seekers

For Employers: 

Sgoforth@hire360partners.org
​HIRE360
 ​Dekalb
  • ​First Aid/CPR Certification
  • OSHA 10-hour Construction Certificate
  • MC3 Pre-Apprenticeship Completion Certificate
  • GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green Certificate
  • NCCER Core Curriculum Certification

For Job Seekers

For Employers: 

Sgoforth@hire360partners.org
​HIRE360
 ​East St. Louis
  • ​​First Aid/CPR Certification
  • OSHA 10-hour Construction Certificate
  • MC3 Pre-Apprenticeship Completion Certificate
  • GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green Certificate
  • NCCER Core Curriculum Certification

For Job Seekers

For Employers: 

Sgoforth@hire360partners.org
​HIRE360
 ​Peoria
  • ​First Aid/CPR Certification
  • OSHA 10-hour Construction Certificate
  • MC3 Pre-Apprenticeship Completion Certificate
  • GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green Certificate
  • NCCER Core Curriculum Certification​

​For Job Seekers

For Employers: 

Sgoforth@hire360partners.org
​HIRE360
 Rockford
  • ​First Aid/CPR Certification
  • OSHA 10-hour Construction Certificate
  • MC3 Pre-Apprenticeship Completion Certificate
  • GPRO Fundamentals of Building Green Certificate
  • NCCER Core Curriculum Certification​

For Job Seekers

For Employers: 

Sgoforth@hire360partners.org
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Energy Transition Barrier Reduction Program

​This program provides funding for supportive services to individuals participating in the Climate Works Preapprenticeship and Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program. The funding is intended to support participants in overcoming financial and other barriers to participation int the CEJA programs.  ​

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Why CEJA Pre-Apprenticeship?

​Add Pre-Employment Skills Possibly 

  • Gain skills in the construction and building trades with a focus on clean energy training 

  • Gain employability skills 

  • Participate in work-based learning 

  • Receive a stipend for training 

  • Receive supportive services 

  • Transition into an apprenticeship programs​ 


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Key Career Pathways
  • ​Electricians
  • Insulators
  • Ironworkers
  • Laborers
  • Carpenters
  • Plumbers
  • Operating Engineers and Equipment Operators
  • Sheet Metal Workers
  • Roofers
  • Boilermakers
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