IUOE Member Enrollment

APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR:
OPERATING ENGINEER APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Selection Procedures

All individuals interested in becoming an apprentice must first complete the eight (8) week Safety and Orientation class. The standard tuition fee will be charged all individuals who participate in this class.

Selection into this program is a two step process. First, an applicant must be successful in getting into the Safety and orientation class, and secondly, applicants will be place into the apprenticeship based upon their performance in this class. The apprenticeship program will keep a detailed applicant log. This log will track each applicant's progress through the selection process.

If, for the Safety and Orientation class, there are more applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and can pay the required tuition fee, than there are slots available, all applicants will be interviewed. If there are slots available for all eligible applicants the interviews can be bypassed and all of the eligible applicants may advance to the Safety and orientation class. When interviews are necessary, all interviewed applicants will be scored on a point based system. The highest scoring applicants will be selected for the available openings in the Safety and orientation class.

The Safety and Orientation class in an eight (8) week - 320 hour long program. While in this program each individual will be evaluated by their instructors for attendance, attitude, safety and school performance. Each applicant's weekly evaluation will be totaled at the end of the Safety and Orientation class.

A ranked list of the individuals who have completed the Safety and Orientation class will be created. Each individual will be placed on this list based on their overall total score achieved while in the safety and orientation class. This ranked list will constitute the eligible apprenticeship pool list. Individuals will be dispatched from this list in proper chronological order.

Minimum Qualifications
Age:	Not less than eighteen (18) years of age.
Education:	High School graduate or have a GED
Physical:	All applicants shall be physically able to perform the work of the trade. A physical or a physicals evaluation may be required.
Testing:	The area Apprenticeship Committee will require all Operating Engineer applicants to take a S.A.T.B. S-343R for Construction Equipment Operators and hoisting Engineers or a S.A.T.B. S-423R for Heavy Duty Mechanic Repair Persons aptitude test. Upon acceptance, applicants must pass our drug screening criteria.
Other:	Current and valid driver's license. Successful completion of the Safety and Orientation training.