The International Union of Elevator Constructors
What to Expect and How to Apply
What to Expect:
- An apprenticeship in the IUEC is approximately 5 years, with 4 years of in-classroom schooling. This schooling runs concurrently with working in the field as an Elevator Constructor apprentice, under the guidance of a licensed Elevator Constructor. The apprenticeship is, in total, the combination of weekly schooling and daily on-the-job (OJT) training/employment.
- Schooling for apprentices is administered via NEIEP (the National Elevator Industry Education Program) with classes administered in the evenings at the IUEC Union Hall, and satellite classrooms all over Local 19. Apprentices do not pay for their schooling.
- New apprentices have a 1-year probationary period before becoming fully inducted members of the IUEC.
- New Probationary Apprentices do NOT have benefits for their first 6 months. After successfully completing 6 months of 100 hours, they become benefit eligible. When an apprentice completes a total of 12 months at 100 hours in an 18-month period, they become a member.
- Apprentice pay rates are set by a percentage of journey workers' wages.
- Probationary: 50% Mechanics Wage Scale
- First Year Apprentice: 55% Mechanic Wage Scale + Fringe Benefits
- Second Year Apprentice: 65% Mechanic Wage Scale + Fringe Benefits
- Third Year Apprentice: 70% Mechanic Wage Scale + Fringe Benefits
- Fourth Year Apprentice: 80% Mechanic Wage Scale + Fringe Benefits
- At the completion of the apprenticeship program, apprentices are required to sit, and pass, their state licensing exam. A successful completion of this exam marks the end of the apprenticeship and marks the individual as a journey worker in the IUEC.
How to Apply:
- To begin the process of applying, an applicant must complete the following steps:
- Sign up to receive an alert when the area they chose begins hiring.
- https://www.neiep.org/elevator-apprenticeship-recruitment-opportunities/
- Once alerted, sign up to take the Elevator Industry Aptitude Test (EIAT).
- If applicant passes (70% minimum), then they will be scheduled to sit for a formal interview.
- Overall score includes EIAT and interview points. This score determines where on the list an applicant ranks.
- Applicant will be updated on ranked score, and as hiring off the Ranked Applicant List progresses, the applicant will be hired.
- Skills that score well in the formal interview:
- Certified in stick welding. AWS or WABO preferred.
- Forklift operation.
- OSHA 10/30.
- Electrical education, previous electrical work experience.
- Previous building trade experience.
- Prior Military service.
Note: ALL declared certifications and skills will only be considered in overall scoring if the applicant brings proof of certification; example: WABO welding card, Certificates of Completion, school transcripts, etc...
- Please browse the websites below for more information about the Elevator Industry and the International Union of Elevator Constructors.
The International Union of Elevator Constructors is a well-trained, highly skilled trade. Acceptance into the Elevator Constructors Union is competitive and our standards are uncompromising.
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