Since 2019, the San Diego County Building and Construction Trades Council (SDBTC) has provided MC3 programming to 14 cohorts with nearly 300 participants. Of those completing the program, our council has placed 35% of those individuals in registered union apprenticeships.

Our ARP program is unique in several ways. In addition to the 120 hours of MC3 curriculum instruction, we have added numerous training and certifications that provide ARP graduates with greater opportunities and a more desirable set of skills for our signatory contractors to consider.

These additions include increasing safety training from OSHA 10 to OSHA 30, adding an additional 24 hours of contextualized construction math instruction outside of that contained in the MC3 curriculum, and integrating an “Intro to AutoCAD” component into the curriculum. These added components provide the graduates of the program a leg-up when applying to apprenticeship programs. For instance, successfully graduating from our MC3 ARP with the “Intro to AutoCAD” unit allows grads who get accepted into the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 206 apprenticeship to enter as second-period apprentices.

To learn more and apply, visit the San Diego Workforce Partnership’s Apprenticeship Readiness page.