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.
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