apprenticeship

Apprenticeship Staff

Coordinator - Dean Shepard,    Phone: 865.689.5663
• American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Welding Inspector
• AWS Certified Welder.
• Authorized OSHA instructor
• Ironworkers International Qualified Rigger and Crane Signaler.
• Ironworkers International Qualified Ironworker Instructor.
• 2003 Ironworkers Local 384 Outstanding Apprentice of the Year.
• Certified First Aid/CPR/A.E.D. Instructor

Instructor - Gary Bailey,     Phone: 865.689.5663

Courses Taught:

  • OSHA 10 and 30

  • Rigging and Cranes

  • Structural 1 and 2

  • Scaffold Use/Erecting/Dismantling

  • Metal Buildings (Pre-Engineered Buildings)

  • Introduction to Blue Print Reading


Administrative Assistant - Heather Samples
Phone: 865.689.5663

            J.A.T.C.  (Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee)

MANAGEMENT:

  • Kenneth Brown: Northwind Group

  • Tommy Thomasson, Barnhart Crane & Rigging

  • Wayne Edwards: GEM Technologies

LABOR: 

  • Gary Bailey: Ironworkers Local 384

  • Zachary Hultquist: Ironworkers Local 384

  • Aaron Cole: Ironworkers Local 384

Instructor  

Aaron Cole,    Phone: 865.689.5663

Courses Taught:

  • Welding and Cutting

  • Structural 1 and 2

  • Reinforcing Concrete

Zachary Hultquist,    Phone: 865.689.5663

Courses Taught:

  • Welding and Cutting




If you have any questions regarding our Apprenticeship Program, please fill out the short form to the right and we will be in touch soon.

Term of Apprenticeship

• Three (3) years

• Minimum of 1,400 hours of on the job learning per year.

• 204 hours of classroom instruction per year.

• Two (2) semesters a year. Classroom and hands on training twice a year for two (2) weeks. Monday through Friday 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM.

Click Here for more information on our Apprenticeship Program.