Tri-Counties Sheet Metal Workers Apprenticeship Program in Ventura, Calif. was thinking pink the week of July 15 at MAGIC Camp (Mentor A Girl In Construction) where junior and senior high school women from local high schools participated in five days of hands-on construction.
Sponsored by the National Association of Women in Construction’s Ventura/Oxnard and Simi/Conejo Valley chapters, David Maquinalez, an instructor and training coordinator with the Tri-Counties Sheet Metal Workers Apprenticeship Program, provided a comprehensive hands-on session to students who fabricated their own toolbox from several pre-cut pieces of sheet-metal.
The Tri-Counties Sheet Metal Workers Apprenticeship Program maintains and operates a state-of-the-art facility and accepts individuals 18 years of age and older to train with craftsmen. Apprentices must complete 800 hours of classroom training and 8,000 hours of on-the-job training to become a journeyman sheet metal worker, allowing apprentices to earn while they learn.
Trades include heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, architectural sheet metal, industrial sheet metal, kitchen equipment, specialty stainless steel work, custom fabricating, service, siding and decking, testing and balancing and energy management and maintenance.