During the 2005 Session, the Legislature passed
2SSB 6480, which requires WSDOT to implement an apprenticeship
utilization requirement in WSDOT construction contracts. This
bill phases in the apprenticeship provision, starting at 10%
of the total labor hours on projects estimated to cost $5 million
or more in 2007, 12% on projects estimated at $3 million or
more in 2008, and finally 15% on projects estimated at $2 million
or more in 2009. This bill also called for the Secretary of
Transportation to create and convene an Apprenticeship Utilization
Advisory Committee to help guide the Department's decision making
process in the development, implementation and administration
of this program.
WSDOT's highway construction program has nearly doubled in the
past few years. WSDOT estimates a need for more skilled workers
in the construction trades. The apprenticeship requirements
WSDOT is phasing in will increase the number of skilled workers
in the state. This page provides information about WSDOT's apprenticeship
efforts, including information about WSDOT's Apprenticeship
Utilization Advisory Committee and its progress, publications
about WSDOT's Apprenticeship Requirement, information about
WSDOT's progress phasing in the apprenticeship requirement,
and resources for more information about apprenticeship trade
programs.
If you are interested in receiving periodic updates on the progress
of this effort, please e-mail apprenticeship@wsdot.wa.gov. |
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- RCW
39.04.320 Apprenticeship training programs - Public
works contracts - Adjustment of specific projects - Report
and collection of agency data - Apprenticeship utilization
advisory committee created.
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Pilot Projects: |
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- US 195 / Cornwall Road to Hatch Road dowel bar retrofit
and Paving
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Advance Schedule of
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- The committee meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 6,
2008 has been cancelled and tentatively rescheduled to occur
on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. The location
is to be announced when the date and time has been finalized.
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Apprenticeship
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