Masonry Magazine May 2002 Page. 15
Chattahoochee, Florida
Each course offered on the CTC campus will be represented within this sculpture cased on the CTC campus. Boral Brick in Phenix City, Alabama donated 200 green bricks from which the sculpture is being carved. When the masonry students finish carving the sculpture, they will lay it in a brick panel across from the main office on the CTC campus. Thanks to Sculptures by Cannon and Boral Brick for making this project possible.
Selma, Alabama
According to instructor Kenny Allen, the Masonry Building Trade Program at Wallace Community College in Selma, Alabama is one of the oldest and most active masonry programs in the state of Alabama. The program students have played a major role in the growth of Selma and the Dallas County area. Through the live work program, they have been able to educate their students as well as help community non-profit organizations such as the YMCA, churches and schools. Most students who have gone through this program go on to work in the masonry industry some have even started their own mason contracting companies. Due to their relentless recruitment efforts, the program recently went from an average of twelve students per semester to a current enrollment of 22 students.
Southern, California
The Masonry Industry Training Association (MITA) has been very busy this year. We have a total of Two apprenticeship classes, one in San Diego and one in Riverside, six high school classes covering most of Southern California with a couple pending to start this summer. MITA has grown tremendously in the past year, we strive to improve our workforce for our future mason contractors. With the average age of a mason being over 50, we are trying to change that statistic by promoting our industry through career days, speaking at prisons, and getting more involved in our own communities. Currently we are training around 400 adults/students in high schools and various ROP classes.
Mountain View, California
The Walton & Sons Masonry Apprenticeship Program is an intensive, four year in house, state certified program that provides each student with a comprehensive knowledge of the full range of masonry, with particular attention being paid to the complexities and trade secrets of the craft. Instruction, provided by Mr. Steve Montez, Senior Instructor for the program, begins with the basic skills, progresses to the more advanced and then on to specialty areas. Each apprentice is trained to the highest standards of the craft to develop not only journeyman masons, but to develop a pool of individuals from which to draw the foreman, estimators and superintendents of the future. Apprentices receive two hours of instruction weekly and spend the second Saturday of each month in a hands-on training session. Over the four year program, each apprentice receives 576 hours of direct classroom training, 384 hours of hands-on direct instruction via the Saturday sessions and 8,000 hours of on-the-job training.
Manatee/Sarasota Counties, Florida
The Manasota Masonry Apprentice-