JOB DESCRIPTION
Installation of hard ceramic
tile.
Applicants must first be hired by one of the signatory
contractors. After working 7 days, he/she will be required
to join the union.
Workers start out as finishers, and work at finishers’ level
for two (2) to four (4) years before starting the tile
layers apprenticeship program.
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
Each contractor is allowed four (4)
apprentices at any one time. When a contractor has space
for an apprentice, an employed finisher will officially
begin a 6,000 hour/3 year program of on-the-job training
and will attend night school one (1) night each week
at St. Paul Technical College for two (2) years.
Tools Needed
Contractors provide workers with most tools;
finishers, at least, do not need to provide their own
tools.
Transportation
Requirements
Sites of jobs vary; workers
need to provide their own transportation.
Hours
Generally from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM each day, Monday
through Friday.
Wages
Once workers
join the union, they will make $8 per hour. For three
(3) years, they will receive raises each 500 hours worked
(ie. after the first 500 hours, they will receive a
raise of $.80 per hour). By the end of the third year,
finishers earn $15.75 per hour. Journey-level finishers
make $21.05 per hour and journey-level tile layers earn
$23.85 per hour.
Union Dues
Initiation
fee for all members is $200. This is not expected to
be paid all at once, rather it can be paid in installments.
Monthly membership dues are $17.
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