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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
Construction Apprenticeships
Construction Trade Benefits
College Vs. Trade School

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
Hands On Training
Apprenticeship programs can be completed in
4
years

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

Cost less than $30,000 with most construction employers paying for school

Unnecessary general education classes are required

Classes

No general education classes required

A traditional college education is 4+ years

Planning

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

Class Size

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
Hands On Training
Apprenticeship programs can be completed in
4
years

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

Cost less than $30,000 with most construction employers paying for school

Unnecessary general education classes are required

Classes

No general education classes required

A traditional college education is 4+ years

Planning

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

Class Size

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!

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!

Apply Now

lakeside Wave

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 Carpenter

Are you interested in becoming a Lakeside apprentice or learning about a construction trade?

Do you have a High School Diploma or GED?
First choice trade / skill

Second choice trade / skill

Any post high school experience?