CCA’s OJT and APPRENTICESHIPS
Contractors who perform work for the CDOT and some cities have to meet
project On-The-Job Training and EEO requirements. CCA provides an assortment of
options for contractors to train and develop their employees into skilled trade
people while meeting project OJT and EEO requirements.
The purpose of the CCA Apprenticeship Program is to increase the number of
skilled workers in the Heavy-Highway-Municipal Utility Construction Industry
through formal apprenticeship training. Objectives of the program are; to
develop skilled workers through competency based related instruction and formal
on-the-job training, to train workers who will remain a part of the states
construction workforce, to provide opportunities for the training and upgrading
of minority, disadvantage and women and assist contractors in meeting the
affirmation action plans.
Apprenticeship Areas
CCA has Competency-Based Registered Apprenticeship Programs in the following
areas:
- Carpentry (form work)
- Cement Mason (concrete finisher)
- Heavy Equipment Operator
- Iron Worker
- Heavy Equipment/Truck Mechanic
In addition to these programs a Time-Based, one-year, Apprenticeship Program
in Heavy Trucking Driving is also available. With the exception of the Heavy
Truck Driver Program, each apprenticeship program provides both classroom and
on-the-job training that is competency based.
Competency-Based Training Method
CCA has had a "COMPETENCY-BASED" Apprenticeship Program, in fact, CCA had the
first Competency-Based Construction Apprenticeship Program in the State.
Competency-based training is an instructional system aimed at improving the
teaching-learning process in which knowledge, skills, and attitudes are
specified before instruction takes place. This is a "state-of-the-art" teaching
system which most school systems in the county are just now developing.
Vocational Education, CCA and AGC of America have been offering this type of
training for years.
Competency-based training means that instead of an apprentice having to train on
a loader for 1000 hours, the apprentice would have to perform at a
pre-determined skilled level. When the apprentice can work independently with no
supervision, the supervisor signs off on the loader and the apprentice can move
on to another piece of equipment.
For more information contact Moses Alvarez, [email protected] .