Thursday, April 03, 2025
  • Build Your Career.
    Build Our Region.
    Whether a veteran, high school graduate, college or
    technical school graduate, or someone who just hasn’t
    found their career passion – you can build a lifelong,
    financially rewarding career you can be proud of in the
    region’s construction trades.
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  • Joint Apprenticeship
    Training Programs
    Regardless of your educational background or
    experience, the Joint Apprenticeship Training
    Programs offered by the region’s construction trade
    unions will put you on the path to becoming a skilled
    trade professional.
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  • Life-Changing Opportunities
    The area's joint apprenticeship schools offer significant, and in some cases,
    life-changing opportunities every year. Not only are these programs tuition-free,
    but apprentices also earn livable wages – far above minimum wage and equal to
    those of many college graduates – as well as health care coverage and pension benefits.
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Builders Guild of Western Pennsylvania

The Builders Guild of Western Pennsylvania is a unique labor/management initiative of the building and construction trade unions of Western PA and local professional contractor associations.

Our mission is to promote quality construction, provide a forum for labor and management to work together on issues of common concern, and to create career opportunities for men and women interested in working in the demanding and challenging construction industry. The Builders Guild is an advocate for the commercial construction industry throughout Western Pennsylvania and beyond.
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Upcoming Application Periods

See which local trade unions are currently, or will soon be, accepting apprentice program applications.
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Pre-Apprenticeship Training Application

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Construction Trades

Contractor Associations

Mission

What Apprentices Say...

  • Working hard and feeling appreciated after the job is complete...there's nothing better than that. Being part of something that's long-lasting... when you look at some of these structures that are being erected in this city, we're a part of that. Plus, I get an annuity, just for showing up and being to work on time. That gives you a sense of security for you and your family in the years to come.
  • I was interested in this trade because I felt that I could do well at it. If somebody had given me this advice, I would have done it years ago. It's something you can do to make a living for a lifetime. It's definitely something you want to get into.
  • Working hard and feeling appreciated after the job is complete...there's nothing better than that. Being part of something that's long-lasting... when you look at some of these structures that are being erected in this city, we're a part of that. Plus, I get an annuity, just for showing up and being to work on time. That gives you a sense of security for you and your family in the years to come.
  • I was interested in this trade because I felt that I could do well at it. If somebody had given me this advice, I would have done it years ago. It's something you can do to make a living for a lifetime. It's definitely something you want to get into.
  • Working hard and feeling appreciated after the job is complete...there's nothing better than that. Being part of something that's long-lasting... when you look at some of these structures that are being erected in this city, we're a part of that. Plus, I get an annuity, just for showing up and being to work on time. That gives you a sense of security for you and your family in the years to come.
  • I was interested in this trade because I felt that I could do well at it. If somebody had given me this advice, I would have done it years ago. It's something you can do to make a living for a lifetime. It's definitely something you want to get into.