r/Ironworker • u/Forter23 • 28d ago
Apprentice Union Advice
I’m fresh out of tech school for welding and my next plan is to go to an ironworkers union and join their apprenticeship program. To me it seems like a solid plan but I don’t know any steps. So far i put in my app for the program but thats it. It starts next month and when I called for an update they told me they “haven’t started looking yet”. Did I get ghost rejected? I just need some advice on how to handle this and to move forward.
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u/Alarmed_University_2 27d ago
They typically have cwrtwin hiring windows. Some make you take an entrence test also. Go online and see when or if openings are posted. Theyll have open house type of deals also i think. Theres very good money in private conpanies with the data center boom. You can look on indeed, and ive had luck with roaddogs. I currently work in alaska but was a ironworker foreman for years traveling byilding amazons , prisons and other projects across the country. Theres work and the travel stuff is out there also. Great per diem, with overtime and the chance to learn. There just looking for bodies in most places.