Build a
Career & Life
In the Construction Trades
Lakeside is a proud union contractor, employing over 220 men and women in the construction trades. We have a variety of apprentice jobs available TODAY where you can gain immediate, hands-on experience while getting paid to learn.
An apprenticeship with Lakeside involves four years of hands-on, jobsite experience with four weeks a year at union trade school. When you pass a written, straightforward test, you are granted your journeyman card.
- Work with your hands
- New challenges everyday
- Fantastic retirement
- Top pay
- Learn and earn on the job
- Job security – trades are here to stay!
Construction Trades School
- Quick and flexible training options
- Classes related to your chosen trade
- No general education classes required
- Small class size, personal attention
- Hands on training
- Relationships with local employers
results in getting hired quickly - Earn while you learn = zero school debt
- Straightforward and simple test
Construction Apprenticeships
- Learn under the guidance of an experienced
Lakeside professional - Full time employee pay with union memberships benefits
- Begin immediately in your field of interest
- On-the-job training at a variety of work sites
- The only requirement is a high school diploma or GED and 18+ years old
- Earn higher wages
- No school debt – Lakeside pays for your training
- Straightforward and simple test to gain your Journeyman’s Card
A career and life in the construction trades offers numerous benefits including:
- Trades jobs are not outsourced
- With a large number of men and women in the trades retiring, the demand for trades workers is at an all time high
- For every five workers retiring from construction, only one is entering
- Pay in the construction trades is currently 10% higher than private sector jobs
- A recent shortage in trades workers has fueled a competitive wage
- Easily advance from an apprenticeship to a journeyman to a foreman to project manager or estimator and more
- Lucrative career opportunities
- Pensions are established and negotiated under union contracts
College
Trades
Costs range from $50,000 up to $125,000
Cost less than $30,000 with most construction employers paying for school
Unnecessary general education classes are required
No general education classes required
A traditional college education is 4+ years
Complete your training quickly and with flexibility – trade school can be less than 2 years with some certificates and diplomas
earned in just months
Larger classes often taught by graduate or teaching assistants
Small class size, smaller student to teacher ratio, and personal attention
- Hands on training
- Relationships with local employers results in getting hired quickly
- Earn while you learn = zero school debt
- Lakeside pays for training while you are also working in your given trade!
Construction Trades School
- Quick and flexible training options
- Classes related to your chosen trade
- No general education classes required
- Small class size, personal attention
- Hands on training
- Relationships with local employers
results in getting hired quickly - Earn while you learn = zero school debt
- Straightforward and simple test
Construction Apprenticeships
- Learn under the guidance of an experienced
Lakeside professional - Full time employee pay with union memberships benefits
- Begin immediately in your field of interest
- On-the-job training at a variety of work sites
- The only requirement is a high school diploma or GED and 18+ years old
- Earn higher wages
- No school debt – Lakeside pays for your training
- Straightforward and simple test to gain your Journeyman’s Card
A career and life in the construction trades offers numerous benefits including:
- Trades jobs are not outsourced
- With a large number of men and women in the trades retiring, the demand for trades workers is at an all time high
- For every five workers retiring from construction, only one is entering
- Pay in the construction trades is currently 10% higher than private sector jobs
- A recent shortage in trades workers has fueled a competitive wage
- Easily advance from an apprenticeship to a journeyman to a foreman to project manager or estimator and more
- Lucrative career opportunities
- Pensions are established and negotiated under union contracts
College
Trades
Costs range from $50,000 up to $125,000
Cost less than $30,000 with most construction employers paying for school
Unnecessary general education classes are required
No general education classes required
A traditional college education is 4+ years
Complete your training quickly and with flexibility – trade school can be less than 2 years with some certificates and diplomas
earned in just months
Larger classes often taught by graduate or teaching assistants
Small class size, smaller student to teacher ratio, and personal attention
- Hands on training
- Relationships with local employers results in getting hired quickly
- Earn while you learn = zero school debt
- Lakeside pays for training while you are also working in your given trade!
“I would like to take time to tell you how impressed I continue to be with your flooring division. With the projects that Lakeside has completed, your flooring division continues to knock it out of the park! From Peter and the sales side to the work being completed — it’s just a good experience for us. This particular crew was led by Tyler Czerniejewski. Not only is Tyler a terrific young man, he communicated well with us and is very knowledgeable about his craft. Tyler, as a leader, has also done a great job managing the crew as well. Together, they all do amazing work! Seeing these younger guys in the trades, doing great work, is inspiring!”
Steve Dempsey
Director of Operations, Central Catholic
Thinking About a Career In the Construction Trades
- Do you enjoy hands-on work in a variety of locations?
- Do you want to make a mid-life career change?
- Do you have a specific trade career path in mind?
- Do you want flexibility?
- Are you a veteran?
- Leadership, integrity, teamwork are instilled into military members during their service, and these qualities are easily transferred to trades work; hands-on work!
Want more proof that construction is growing?
The New York Times determined that the #1 city for those who want a better paying job, without a college degree, is TOLEDO, OHIO! Lakeside is ready to hire you for work in the Toledo area in the areas of:
Painter
Finisher
Carpenter
Floor Layer
Finish CarpenterAre you interested in becoming a Lakeside apprentice or learning about a construction trade?
Lakeside is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Lakeside Interior Contractors is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Lakeside makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Lakeside is proud to be the recipient of a Certificate of Compliance from the Ohio Department of Development, Minority Business Development Division (MBDD). The MBDD is required to review affirmative action programs and plans of each company desiring to participate on state or state-assisted construction contracts and determine whether that company has violated any affirmative action programs and goals for which that company was obligated to meet during the preceding five years. MBDD found no such violations for Lakeside.