Apr 2010 Vol. 13 No. 4

New certification classes coming, Summer 2010

Get certified in Concrete Formwork

Increasingly, the construction industry demands more "craft certified" workers. The Carpenters Training Committee for Northern California (CTCNC) has responded by offering more classes. This summer, the CTCNC begins offering Concrete Formwork Certification classes.

This course, developed in collaboration with employers, the NCCRC and the CTCNC, is designed to present a detailed, working knowledge of concrete formwork for the journeylevel carpenter to improve and increase skills in this area.

The mostly "hands-on" lessons include construction of concrete forms, erection of the single and double waler systems, form shoring and form detailing. In order to warrant a certification-type rating, the class also includes some bookwork and testing exercises.

Following in the pattern of the Bridge Building Certification class, members who complete this class are issued a "Craft Certified - Concrete Formwork" card, and a record of successful completion is sent to NCCRC.

The end result is that when an employer calls for a "concrete hand," those journeylevel members who have successfully completed this class will have dispatch preference.

You can sign up for this class online at the journeylevel class enrollment section of the CTCNC website. You can also sign up at your local union. If your local hasn’t got a Concrete Certification class list started, ask them if they could please start one—and you can be the first name!

CTCNC will continue to bring more certification training programs into our line-up as they are developed. In gauging the winds of change for long-term journeylevel training, we forecast that eventually, many of our traditional work processes may require a Craft Certification.

So again, and until next time, remember ... Get an Edge … Take a Class!

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