In conjunction with the Associated General Contractors (AGC), Hogan offers a Department of Labor- and Bureau of Apprenticeship Training-certified apprenticeship training program. This program is provided to laborers who have shown dedication to the company and who are committed to furthering their construction skills and knowledge through training and education.

There are two approved programs for Hogan employees:

  • Form Builder program
  • Heavy Equipment Operator program.

FORM BUILDER PROGRAM

This apprenticeship program includes two evenings per week of classroom instruction and a required number of On-the-Job Training (OJT) hours. The time the employee spends on our Hogan construction jobs counts towards his or her OJT hours. (We can also count construction hours spent at the employee’s prior construction company job towards the total OJT hours. These are referred to as “grandfathered hours”.)

While it typically takes about two years to go through the program, the financial benefits start almost immediately. As the employee accrues OJT hours, his or her pay is increased until, at graduation, the pay is raised to the average journeyman wage at that time. The table below shows the OJT hours and minimum wage scale required by the program.

FORM BUILDER PROGRAM

OJT HOURSWAGEPERCENTAGE
0-1000$11.1360%
1000-2000$12.9970%
2000-3000$14.8480%
3000-4000$16.7090%
GRADUATION$18.55100%
HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR PROGRAM

This apprenticeship program involves one week of hands-on heavy equipment training—referred to as “periods”—in January, February, March, and April—one week each month—for six months total. (During these week-long periods when the employee will not be working on a Hogan construction job, Hogan will still pay the employee’s hourly pay.) In addition to the week-long periods, the employee must accrue OJT hours.

As with the Form Builder Program, we can also count grandfathered hours—construction hours spent at the employee’s prior construction company—towards the total OJT hours. And the employee’s pay will also increase with his or her accumulation of OJT hours per the table below.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR PROGRAM

PERIODWAGEOJT HOURS
One$11.550-1000
Two$12.511000-2000
Three$14.432000-3000
Four$15.403000-4000
Five$16.364000-5000
Six$17.325000-6000
Graduation$19.25
PROGRAM COST

There are three costs to both of these programs: tuition, books, and a running fee based on the number of OJT hours worked. (The running fee is $1.00 per hour worked. This fee, along with tuition, covers costs to the AGC to operate the program.)

Hogan will pay one half of all three costs for the employee.

When an employee signs up for either of these apprenticeship programs, Hogan pays the entirety of the tuition and book costs up front. Then a remittance is taken each week from the apprentice’s paycheck to cover his or her half of these costs over the course of the semester. For the hourly running fee, Hogan will pay the full accumulated amount of this fee to the AGC each month, as the OJT hours are accrued, with the employee’s half of the fee taken from his or her paycheck.

CURRICULA

HEAVY EQUIPMENT
OPERATOR PROGRAM		FORM BUILDER PROGRAM
A. TRACK-TYPE EQUIPMENT

Such as but not limited to: dozers, crawlers, loaders, truck-type backhoes, all types of paving machines including CTB machines. (1000-1500 hours)

A. FORM BUILDING

Build and place straight and irregular concrete forms for bridge decks, horizontal decks, parapet walls, foundation walls, columns, footings, etc. (1500 hours)
B. RUBBER-TIRED TYPE EQUIPMENT

Such as but not limited to: scrapers, rubber-tired loaders, rubber-tired backhoes, all compaction equipment, etc. (1000-1500 hours)

B. ROUGH FRAMING

Bridge decks, parapet walls, suspended slabs, abutments, columns, etc. (900 hours)
C. HOISTING-TYPE EQUIPMENT

Such as but not limited to: cranes (both crawler mounted and rubber-tire mounted), derricks, hoists, pile-driving rigs, tower cranes, forklifts, or similar equipment. (1000-1500 hours)

C. CONCRETE PLACEMENT

Safely handle, place, finish and cure concrete on bridge decks, parapet walls, inlets, culverts, columns, concrete slabs, horizontal decks, stairs, footings, or other structures. (700 hours)
D. STATIONARY-TYPE EQUIPMENT

Such as but not limited to: air compressors, pumps, electric generating plants, all forms of drilling and boring equipment, crusher operations, concrete batch plants, hot plants, lubrication, and grade checking. (1000-1500 hours)

D. LAYOUT

Box-out in concrete walls, embeds, interior walls, decks, columns, footings, bolt templates, site work, etc. (200 hours)
E. CARE AND USE OF TOOLS & WOODWORKING MACHINERY

Cross-cut and rip circular saws, Radial Arm saws, Worm-drive saws, hand tools, drills, etc. (200 hours)
F. MISCELLANEOUS

The apprentice shall be trained in safety practices related to each operation he/she is performing. (500 hours)

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