Women Building California and the Nation Event on April 5-7, 2013. For more information open the attachment.
Opportunities for Women in the Construction Trades
Construction Apprenticeship
3-5 year "Earn While You Learn" programs jointly sponsored by Employers and Construction Craft Unions
Union trades offer good wages as well as pension and health care benefits even as starting apprentices.
Major Construction
trades include Carpenters, Electricians, Operating Engineers, Plumbers
and Pipefitters, Sheet Metal Workers as well as general Laborers. There
are over 26 kinds of construction apprenticeships.
General requirements for entry into apprenticeship (each trade may vary):
- 18 or older,
- GED or High school equivalent
- Physically fit and able to do the work of the trade
- (varies by trade but includes lifting 50-100 #'s, climbing, agility, eye-hand coordination)
- Driver's license or ability to obtain one at the time of dispatch to a job and a clean driving record.
- Drug free - drug testing both pre-employment and random is standard.
- Reliable transportation
- Good math skills, spatial relations and English literacy
Starting salaries vary
by program but range from $18 to $25 an hour with regular raises
throughout the apprenticeship topping out at $30-$50 an hour.
Construction work is
hourly, seasonal and physically demanding. Work for apprentices is once
again on the upswing with the improvement in the economy.
Women veterans who
are pursuing a career in the construction trades and are interested in a
scholarship to the conference, please refer them to us at
womenintrades@gmail.com.
We will not be able to
pay hotel and other expenses, however their registration includes
breakfast and lunch on both Saturday and Sunday. We need to make
arrangements with them
by March 28. Please ask the interested women to include their
names, their phone number, an email address, and a few sentences on why
they are interested in attending the conference.
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2013 Registration Form
Registration Fee:
$ 75 per person* (if received before February 22)
$100 per person* (if received by March 31)
$125 per person* (April 1 through paying at the door)
includes two continental breakfasts & lunches, and conference reception
Amount Enclosed: $_____________
If sending one check for multiple people, please indicate amount paid per person.
Make registration check payable to State Building Trades Council
and return with this form to the address below. Or register on-line at www.sbctc.org
Please print clearly!
Complete one form for each attendee (make copies as needed)
Name Badge Name (if different)
Organization/Union Local #
Address
City/State/Zip/Country
Phone E-mail
Note times & check all you will attend: q Meet & Greet (4/5) q Conference (4/6) qConference (4/7) q Policy Forum (4/7)
Return with check to: Women’s Conference • 1225 8th Street, Suite 375 • Sacramento, CA 95814
* $15 discount (per person) for members of BCTD-affiliated unions.
Vendors: A limited number of vendor tables are available for $300/table, plus
registration fees for each person staffing the table. Before sending your check or
paying on-line, contact dchaplan@sbctc.org to be sure tables are available.
Sponsors: If your union or organization would like to sponsor a conference event
or a group of pre-apprentices, donations will be gratefully accepted. Contact
dchaplan@sbctc.com for sponsorship levels.
q Pre-Apprentice
For more information: 916-443-3302
To register on-line: www.sbctc.org
More ways to participate!
Video: Are you an established or aspiring video maker?
Here’s your chance to showcase your stuff. We’re soliciting
videos about working in the trades to show during the conference.
(Maximum length is 3 minutes—no exceptions!)
All videos must be received on CD or DVD by March 22.
Art: Are you an artist with tradeswomen-related art to display?
We’d love to see it!
Spoken Word: We’re looking for poets and spoken word
artists to perform at the conference.
Union Banners: We can’t hang banners at the conference,
but please bring your union banner for the “banner
parade” — always a great photo op!
Items for the Tradeswomen Archives: Bring
photos and memorabilia of yourself (or friends) on the
job. Be prepared to tell your story of working in the
trades!
For more info about submitting videos, art or being a spoken
word artist at the conference, e-mail dchaplan@sbctc.org.
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Past & potential workshops (2013 list under construction!)
Getting there
Directions: Take I-5 into downtown
Sacramento. Exit at J Street. The hotel is
on the right between 12th and 13th Streets.
From the Sacramento Airport: The hotel is
12 miles from the airport. Taxi is approx.
$40. Super Shuttle: $15.
By Amtrak: The hotel is a half mile from
the Amtrak station. Taxi is about $7.
Parking: Self-parking is $18/day.
Valet parking is $25/day.
Other lots are available nearby.
Hotel Accommodations
Sheraton Grand Hotel
Sacramento, California
Rate: $119 per room (plus tax)
To Reserve: 1-800-325-3535
Rates based on single or double occupancy.
Reserve by March 8 for the group rate:
“Women Building Conference.”
Also, caucuses by trade, entertainment, networking and much more. . .
Here are some of the 2012 workshops. We
have new workshops each year, so if
you’ve come to the conference before,
come on back! If you have an idea for a
new workshop, let us know!
Just coming in...
• Tools of the Trades: See the tools and
meet the women who use them
• Applying for apprenticeship 101
• Surviving & thriving in apprenticeship
Staying in...
• Developing mentoring programs
• Unions 101: How do they work?
• Dealing with harassment
• Doing the green work
• Surviving the economic downturn
• Blueprint reading
• Talk to a lawyer
• Safety & health on the job
Growing leaders...
• Leadership 101: Moving up
• Parliamentary procedure
• What’s in your contract?
Policy impacting
tradeswomen...
• Running for public office
• Moving the decimal point
• How to be a tradeswoman advocate
• Making Equal Opportunity laws work
Career ladders...
• Industry opportunities
• Higher education options
Nourishing extras...
• Writers in workshirts
• Power of the visual: Our stories
• Using facebook, twitter & other social
media to promote tradeswomen
Welcome to the 3rd Annual Women
Building California and the Nation conference.
For nine years, this was a California
conference. When the National Building
and Construction Trades Department
(BCTD) joined as a co-sponsor in 2011,
this became the largest conference for
women in the trades in history.
The conference
is designed to
bring more
women into the
trades and to
offer
tradeswomen
(both new and
experienced)
opportunities for
networking, skill
building, leadership
development and organizing.
Our goal for the 2013 conference is to
recognize and celebrate the women who
are leaders — on the job, in their unions,
and in their communities, and to help build
the leadership skills of others.
Each year, tradeswomen, union leaders,
apprenticeship coordinators, contractors,
and politicians facilitate more than 30
workshops and plenary sessions.
Workshop tracks include: Pre-apprentices;
Staying in & staying strong; Promoting
leadership; Policy and politics; Career ladders,
and Nourishing extras.
The conference will
have two key bookends:
a “Meet and
Greet” event for
women who are leaders
in their unions
held on Friday
evening; and a
Policy Forum on
Sunday, sponsored
by the
National Task Force on
Tradeswomen’s Issues.
Jointly planned by the California
Building Trades Council, Tradeswomen
Inc., and the BCTD’s Committee for
Women in the Trades, the conference
promises to be more exciting and productive
than ever.
Join women in the trades from across
the country in Sacramento for another historic
gathering.
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For more information: 916-443-3302 • www.sbctc.org
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Friday—April 5
6-8 p.m. Registration
5 p.m. Women in Leadership
Meet & Greet
Saturday—April 6
7 a.m. Registration
Continental Breakfast
9 a.m. Welcome Plenary
10 a.m. Workshop Session I
11:45 a.m. Lunch Plenary
1:45 p.m. Workshop Session II
3:30 p.m. Workshop Session III
6 p.m. Conference Reception
Sunday—April 7
8 a.m. Breakfast
9 a.m. Caucuses by Trade
10:30 a.m. Workshop Session IV
12:15 p.m. Final Plenary
2:30 p.m. National Policy Forum
4:30 p.m. Conference Closes
Note: Agenda subject to change!
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