Training the Trowel Trades Professionals of Today and Tomorrow

JOURNAL: ISSUE 1 - 2015

Local 4 IN/KY second-year apprentice Brady Halliar works on a bracket weave panel.

“Steadfast dedication to our comprehensive training programs leads to maintaining the highest quality of craftsmanship,” said BAC President James Boland recently on the importance of preparing BAC apprentices for lifelong careers in the trowel trades. “Through IMI and local training programs delivered by BAC/IMI instructors, our apprentices have access to training opportunities unmatched anywhere else in the masonry industry.”

President Boland and his fellow Executive Board members were pleased to see that mission exemplified during their recent tour of the Local 4 IN/KY Apprentice and Training Center in Griffith, Indiana in November. The 8,000 sq. ft. masonry building, a former library, was purchased in 2014 by the Local 4 JATC and now houses all its training programs, including journey-level upgrade classes.

Second-year apprentice Kris Boyd straightens edges of his corner lead.

Second-year apprentice Eric Beck fills in an 8-inch block between a door and window.

Local 4 IN/KY second- and third-year apprentices meet with the BAC Executive Board and Local 4 officers.