The Alaska Laborers take applications year round for their 4000 hour Construction Craft Laborer Apprenticeship program. Laborers Local 341, which has geographic jurisdiction for Alaska South of the 63rd parallel (excluding Southeast Alaska), will be interviewing apprentice applicants during the week of April 5 in Anchorage. Applications must be submitted in person or arrive at their Training Center by 4 PM on March 31. Math and Reading tests will be administered at the Laborers Training School at 13500 Old Seward Hwy on Saturday April 3, with 20 minute interviews scheduled for April 6 – 8 between 8 AM and 5 PM.
Laborers perform a wide variety of tasks in all facets of the construction and pipeline industries in Alaska, such as concrete placement, pipelaying, rock drilling and blasting, asbestos and hazardous waste abatement, asphalt raking, grade checking, hod carrying, and a broad gamut of work on the maintenance of the Transalaska Pipeline. Laborers are one of four crafts involved in pipeline construction. Apprentices receive hands-on instruction (160 hours per year) and work experience in all of these specialties. Laborers work is physically demanding and most of it is outdoors in all kinds of weather. But it’s a great program and a great trade. I’m retired out of the Alaska Laborers myself, and highly recommend it.
To apply, go to the Training School at 13500 Old Seward Hwy (south of Huffman Rd.). Outside of Anchorage, call 345-3853 for an application (ASAP).
Minimum Qualifications – 18 with birth certificate, HS Diploma or GED with transcripts or GED test scores, one year Alaska resident, Ak Drivers License. Drug free and physically able to perform the work of the trade. Applicants selected are given an agility test and attend a basic skills “boot camp” – indenture as apprentice upon successful completion.
Recommended – Training records or certificates, letters of reference, resume.
Apprentices start at $16.45 an hour (with full benefits) and receive raises of $2.70 per hour after each 1000 hours of OJT to journey rate of $27.41 for Group 1 Laborers (plus annual negotiated increases). Pipelayers, Drillers, Gradecheckers, and other specialties within the trade receive two to three dollars more per hour.
Please call Ed Flanagan Alaska Regional Director, Helmets to Hardhats, Veteran Outreach Coordinator, Alaska Works Partnership at 1-866-993-8181 for more information.