 CITC Created and Supported by Industry- Wide Coalition
History
In 1986 several Colorado construction trade association experienced difficulty in facilitating craft training because of the limited numbers of interested students from individual association. In the same year, the associations held collective meetings to discuss the creation of a joint training effort that would provide one resource of consistent open-shop training in Colorado.These associations strongly believed that the critical need for construction training could best be served by combining the strength of all organizations while conserving administrative and overhead costs. The association wrote bylaws, formed a board of directors and created a tax exempt 501c(3) non-profit corporation, “The Construction Industry Training Council (CITC).” Each sponsoring member contributed $ 500.00 in seed money to begin this endeavor. The goal was to start classes by September 1988 in the carpentry, commercial electrical, plumbing pipefitting and sheet metal crafts.Until 2002, CITC conducted classes at local colleges. In the fall of 2002, CITC moved into it’s own training facility. Over 130 local construction companies and suppliers worked on this building project. Many of these companies donated materials, labor or equipment to build one of the country’s premier craft training facilities. Others helped finance the new facility though cash donations and the purchase of promissory notes.Today CITC is sponsored by the following four (4) trade association Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), Associated General Contractors (AGC), American Sub-Contractors (ASA), and the Sheet Metal Contractors Coalition (SMCC)
Sponsorships
CITC programs are all registered with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Apprenticeship Training, Veterans Administration and the State Board of Vocational Education. Registered apprenticeships are formalized career training programs that offer a combination of structured on-the-job- training and related technical instruction to employees to train them in occupations that demand a high level of skill. Apprenticeship training is an effective and time-honored way to help companies build a skilled workforce to compete in the 21st century.CITC partners with Emily Griffith Opportunity School so students in the program receive college credit for their courses and are eligible for the certificates in their chosen trade upon completion.CITC is also an accredited training sponsor of the National Center for Construction Research (NCCER). Students in a NCCER trade receive certificates from the center and also registration in a national registry database.
Classes and Instructors
Currently CITC is training over 375 students in the following trades:
• Carpentry
• Sheet Metal
• Electrical
• Pipefitting
• Plumbing
Terms of apprenticeship vary in length from three (3) to four (4) years. Students attend class one to two nights a week for a total of one hundred fifty (150) hours per year.All classes are taught by qualified working craftworkers. CITC instructors are journeymen and superintendents currently working on some of Colorado’s largest building projects. The instructors have Colorado Vocational Credentials, and have completed and successfully passed the NCCER Instructor Certification Program.In addition to the apprenticeship program, CITC offers many seminar and classes which augment the skills sets of the construction industry craft employees. These classes are designed to address the ever–changing training needs of the evolving industry of construction. See calendar for listing of seminars.CITC offers personal tours for any person or company who would like to see classes in action. CITC is located at 646 Mariposa St., Denver, CO 80204. |
