Masonry Magazine June 2007 Page. 20
TRAINING
The training program prepares inmates for real-world masonry jobs.
During the past calendar year, 31 adult male inmates successfully completed the Basic Block Laying Program, 23 successfully completed the Basic Brick Laying Program, and four successfully completed the Advanced Brick Laying Program," Burt said.
Instructors must have a Brick, Block, and Stone Masonry Vocational Teaching License, she said. The Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local Union business representative provides on-site testing for union certification and job placement assistance.
The Career Technical Class at the Mansfield Correctional Institution in Mansfield, Ohio, teaches a maximum of 18 inmates at a time, with 20 to 25 inmates completing the training each year, said Shoup.
Shoup has been teaching masonry at Mansfield for 16 years, after working in the field for 13 years. The training program prepares inmates for real-world masonry jobs.
Student projects range from 48-inch, three-course walls, to single and corner leads with block and brick. As students gain new skills, they work with composite brick walls with corresponding piers, lock sills, and top walls with Roman arches," Shoup said. "Completers are capable of receiving entry-level jobs upon release."
Like other correctional institutions, Mansfield holds job fairs where masonry students can meet potential employers.
The Kentucky Department of Corrections, Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, in West Liberty, Ky., provides masonry training to nearly three dozen inmates annually. "We try to carry 15 full-time students at all times," said Ratliff. "Student population is very transient. We usually enroll 30 to 35 per year into the program."
The curriculum requires several hours of General Education courses, which are eligible for college credits, Ratliff said.
"I would consider it expert training. Students work toward a diploma or AAS [Associate of Applied Science degree) in the program," he said. "It is not a basics program; they simulate real job situations in our lab."
In the school year 2005-06, the South Carolina Department of Corrections, Perry Correctional Institution, in Pelzer, S.C enrolled 444 inmates in vocational programs, including masonry, and 160 inmates completed the courses and received certificates, said Weyland Burns, acting division director, education division.
The masonry training, taught by qualified brick masons, covers brick and block basics such as corners and arches, lay to the line and fireplaces, Burns said.
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