Pile Drivers
These skilled experts are responsible for driving steel, concrete or wood piling into the ground during the early phases of construction. They operate, inspect and maintain the heavy equipment necessary to position structural components that hold back the earth during excavations and set up the foundation of skyscrapers, highways, bridges and more.
Compensation Information
Work Conditions
Both indoor and outdoor, nearly every facility and building type, varying weather, physically demanding, new and existing construction, working from heights
Skills Needed
Math, reading, spatial and mechanical ability, manual dexterity, problem solving, physical stamina, fast-paced thinking and reacting, communication, hand/eye/foot coordination, comfortable with heights, blueprint reading, decision making, detail-oriented
Application Requirements
Education and Training
How to Apply
The applicant must contact and apply with listed signatory union contractors until the applicant finds a contractor willing to take them on as an apprentice. Once a contractor is secured, the applicant must have the contractor complete the Union Sponsor Letter located within the application packet. The signed Sponsor Letter, passing ACT/Accuplacer scores, required paperwork, and all necessary personal documents must be submitted to the training facility in order to begin the apprenticeship program.
