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!
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 Carpenter