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Climb to new heights with a career as an ironworker
Ironworkers are well-regarded for the work they do to support every major construction project, literally helping hold things in place
W
hen it comes to working in high places, iron- workers is a career to aspire to. Te job that these skilled tradespeople do is at the core of
every major construction project. Whether it’s big box buildings like Winnipeg’s new
IKEA store or the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport’s terminal building, the MTS Centre, Investors Group Field or the current addition to the RBC Conven- tion Centre Winnipeg, ironworkers are the tradespeople captured in iconic pictures perched on the end of a steel girder helping to make someone else’s dream project a reality. For someone thinking of entering the trades, be-
coming an ironworker can lead not only to working on some of the most interesting building projects in our province but also to a career that provides some of the highest wages in the trades sector. While a majority of the building projects can be found in our city centres like Winnipeg, there is also plenty of work to be found in other business or industrial settings such as mines, hydro dams, steel mills, gas pumping stations, windmill farms and converter stations. Apart from erecting the steel framing associated with
bridges or the tall buildings we see around us, ironwork- ers also do all the rigging that is needed to move every- thing into its right place. Tey also do the welding and the connecting that keeps everything where it belongs, and construct all the rebar hidden under the floors and in the walls that hold the enormous weights bearing down from above. Tere is demand for these skilled tradespeople locally,
and here in Manitoba, regulations require all ironworker apprentices to complete a three-year term of trade- learning. Tis includes both a board-approved program of technical training (in-school), combined with practi- cal training (on-the-job) supervised by a journeyperson or designated trainer. Te province's ironworker trade
regulations also establish a rising scale of legally-binding minimum wages owed to registered apprentices as they progress through the levels of their program. Registered apprentice ironworkers are expected to
invest a total of at least 1,800 hours annually in practical training and technical training combined. A general rule of thumb is that roughly 80 per cent of this yearly time investment represents job-site experience. Te remainder consists of a yearly eight-week stint of
technical training. An apprentice is not considered a "Level 3 Apprentice" until the total time requirement of 3,600 hours (two years of 1,800 hours) has been satisfied. You are eligible for certification as a journeyperson
on your anticipated completion date only when the total requirement of 5,400 hours of accumulated experience on-the-job and in school has been satisfied, all fees have been paid and you have passed your Red Seal examina- tion. Achieving a Red Seal certification after completing a journeyman rating provides the ironworker tradesper- son the opportunity to work in most all of our provinces. First-year apprenticing ironworkers can earn in the
area of $60,000 per year with pay scales rising with time served and skills and experience gained. First Nations people can find plenty of opportunities in the ironworker trade both here in Manitoba and nationwide with many projects underway near their rural communities and in the larger city centres. As a journeyperson ironworker you can expect to be
well-compensated while building significant infrastruc- ture to meet the needs of our population now and into the future. You can also look forward to the pride you will have earned knowing that your hands and skill were part of a team of skilled tradespeople that transformed someone’s ideas and drawings into present-day reality. For more information on becoming an ironworker,
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officeadmin@ironworkers728.com or call 204- 783-7853.
Ironworkers Local 728 members Reid Harcus and Rikki McKay, along with Local 721 member Taras Zaharko, and a glazier from Local 739, Glen Prawdzik, install the last of 1,669 pieces of glass on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The Tower of Hope stretches 328 feet tall; 78 feet higher than Manitoba's Golden Boy, and 25 feet higher than the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Working for Your Family Greg
Selinger MLA for St. Boniface Premier of Manitoba 204-237-9247
GregSelinger.ca
Melanie
Wight MLA for Burrows 204-421-9414
MelanieWight.ca
Andrew
Swan MLA for Minto 204-783-9860
AndrewSwan.ca
Lemieux MLA for Dawson Trail 204-878-4644
Ron-Lemieux.ca
Ron
Sharon Blady
MLA for Kirkfield Park 204-832-2318
SharonBlady.ca
Theresa
Oswald MLA for Seine River 204-255-7840
TheresaOswald.ca
Erin Selby
MLA for Southdale 204-253-3918
ErinSelby.ca
Jennifer
Howard MLA for Fort Rouge 204-946-0272
JenniferHoward.ca
Kerri
Irvin-Ross MLA for Fort Richmond 204-475-9433
KerriIrvinRoss.ca
Peter
Bjornson MLA for Gimli 204-642-4977 1-866-253-0255
PeterBjornson.ca
Flor
Marcelino MLA for Logan 204-788-0800
FlorMarcelino.ca
Chomiak MLA for Kildonan 204-334-5060
DaveChomiak.ca
Dave
Bidhu Jha
MLA for Radisson 204-222-0074
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November 2014
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