Iron Workers Local 24 Colorado Training Center
The Colorado Statewide Iron Workers (Erector) Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee and Trust Fund (JATC), operates the Colorado Training Facility. In addition to our Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training US Department of Labor registered three-year apprenticeship program, we offer Journeyman training and welding certification courses.
The JATC was established in 1957 to serve the members and contractors of Local 24 (Denver). Over the years, the program has seen many improvements, all with the purpose of providing Colorado’s union ironworkers with the best training available in the industry.
The most recent improvement has been the construction of a new, state-of-the-art training center in the Denver metro area, which was completed in the fall of 2010. This new facility offers over 7.000 square feet of office and classroom space with multiple classrooms and a computer lab. A significant investment was made in the equipment to provide webcasts and Internet-based training, enabling the use of a distance teaming option when needed. The well-equipped shop provides 10,800 square feet of indoor “hands-on” training. Training mockups and equipment include a 40’ X45’ structural steel mockup, an area for confined space training, five-ton overhead crane, ornamental store front mockup, construction scaffolding system, two-point suspension scaffold (motorized), reinforcing steel, 27-booth welding lab, and more.
The training center is an Ironworkers International Welding Program Accredited Test Facility, and is working on completing the requirements of the Ironworkers Apprenticeship Certification Program. To meet the instructional requirements, the program current employs eight part-time specialty instructors to teach the apprentice and journeyman courses.