CityBuild Academy

Training Information:
- 12-week intensive training
- No experience needed
- Become union apprentice upon graduation
- Job search, placement, and retention services
- Training place: CCSF Evans Campus
- Tuition Fee: Free
- When you come to register, bring a valid driver's license, HS diploma or GED certificate, and a social security card.

Content:
- Elementary Carpenter/Plumber/electricians/Cement Masons/Iron workers etc (overall construction skill training)
- Starting wage rate: $15 to $20 per hour
- 12-week intensive training - Mon-Fri (8am to 4:30 pm)
- Transportation allowance if selected
- Class starts: TBA (around Dec 2009)

Requirements:
- 18 years or above
- Valid driver's license
- High School Diploma/GED
- Able to pass a drug test
- English level: at least level 6

Vocational ESL (VESL) Class:
- Improve your English and construction vocabulary in preparation for the CityBuild program
- Two levels (ESL 1-3 and ESL 4+) and conversation class
- Ask us for details about the VESL class


Client Experiences

Thank You CCSC For This Opportunity

First, I would like to thank CCSC for giving me this great opportunity to become a unionized construction worker.  They have been very helpful to me as I had been going through the whole process.

I would like to talk a little bit about how I got into this union construction trade.  It all started the very first day I walked into CCSC and asked them about the construction program.  Calvin explained to me about how to get into the union trade.  He told me that there was an orientation coming up soon, so I went to the CityBuild orientation to learn more about the CityBuild program.  After that they guided me though the pre-apprenticeship program to become a union trade craft construction worker.

The CityBuild pre-apprenticeship program is a three month program that teaches you some basic construction trade skills and provides you information all about the union trade.  Information like how to get into the trade and what kind of a requirement you need to meet to get into the trade.  You learn how much people should get paid and they invite union speakers to come tell you more about the trade.  I think this is very important because you can always ask them questions that CityBuild cannot answer.  Also, the CityBuild program gives you a little taste of construction work and some hands on training.  I would say this three month pre-apprenticeship program had help me a lot and it did improve my skills out in the field when I do construction work.   So, once again, I would like to give thanks to CCSC and CityBuild for helping to guide me through the process.

Thanks!
Allen Wong

首先，我要感謝博愛給我這個極好的機會，成為工會的建築工人。在這個過程中，博愛對我的幫助非常大。

我想略為談談我進入建築業工會的經歷。第一天，當我走進博愛請教他們，負責市政府建築班的潘自強向我解釋，如何可以進入建築業工會。他告訴我，我可以參加培訓實用技能的市政府的建築班。幸運地，我成了這個班的學員。之後，我學到了很多建築方面
的知識和技能，了解更多關於城市的建設。之後，他們指導我、幫助我成為建築業工會的成員。

市府建築班的學徒培訓計劃是三個月的課程，他們會教授有關建築的基本技能，與及向學員提供建築業內不同工會的訊息。這些訊息包括，如何進入該工種，參加該工種的工會；需要甚麼技能；工資多少等等。他們會邀請工會的講者來為我們逐一介紹。我認為這非常重要，因為我們可以藉此而面對面溝通，對不明白的問題有所認識。

同時，市政府建築班會讓我們牛刀小試，接受一些建築業的基本訓練。容我再一次說，三個月的學徒培訓幫助了我很多，我要再次感激博愛和市政府建築班對我的幫助。

謝謝！
Allen Wong

To Everyone Who Made CityBuild Possible

Hi, everybody at CCSC.  I would like to thank all of you for showing me to a path to great success.  The twelve weeks of training at CityBuild seemed long and uncertain but your encouragement and support got me, and many others like me, through it all.  I had a job before joining CityBuild, but now I have a career I really enjoy doing.  I am now working for one of the biggest companies in the HVAC industry.  If it wasn’t for CityBuild and CCSC, none of this would have been possible.


I would encourage anyone who is looking for a career to join CityBuild at CCSC for career options because all of the employees are dedicated individuals who enjoy reaching out to the community.

Besides a wonderful opportunity from CityBuild and CCSC, I would like to give special thanks to Calvin because it was he, who convinced me to look at the bigger picture.  He was very convincing when he told me I can make more of myself with my qualifications.  Also, when I first heard about CityBuild, I wanted to join right away, but hesitated because I couldn’t take time off to take the math and English assessment tests. To accommodate my busy schedule, he offered me an opportunity to come in early to take the tests.  What a nice guy.

Thank you,
Raymond Tam

給建築班成功的每一個人

嗨，博愛文化服務中心的全體員工，大家好。我真誠的向你們致謝。你們給了我一條通向成功的道路。我在博愛文化服務中心市府建築班受訓12周了。十二個星期看似漫長，可是，你們的鼓勵與支持，帶領我和像我一樣的許多人完成課程。在我加入市政府建築班之前，我只能說是有一份工作。但現在，我有了一份我喜歡的職業。我現在是工作在HVAC公司的電工。如果沒有市政府建築班和博愛文化服務中心，我現在的一切都不可能。

我鼓勵每一個正在求職的人，有興趣的話，可以加入市政府建築班，在這裡尋找機會，因為這裡的員工都是社區中最敬業的。

除了在市政府建築班中得到的很好的機會外，我要在這裡特別向潘自強致以謝意。因為他說服了我，指引我從高處向下看。他告訴我，我可以用我的資歷成就更多。同時，當我第一次聽說市政府建築班時，我想加入，但卻很猶豫，因為我沒有時間去準備數學和英語考試。但他卻願意配合我的時間，令我可以早來一點準備考試。
他是多好的一個人！

謝謝！
Raymond Tam

Because of You - A Student’s Gratitude to Charity Cultural Service Center and City Build Academy

  My name is Gustavo Choto; I was born to immigrant parents and raised in the Excelsior district of San Francisco.  Last summer I had the opportunity to become a member of CCSC, and through CCSC, I became a student of City Build Academy.  At that time I was in a transitional period of my life.  I had many options but I wasn’t sure what direction I wanted to take my career.  I considered many options including construction as a career choice, but I did not know what obstacles I would encounter in such a competitive field as construction.

  When I learned about City Build, I was very eager to get enrolled.  I felt it would give me an advantage in getting into construction.  I didn’t know what to expect, but what I found was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had in my life.  City Build taught me all the about the construction industry, not only working with the tools and building materials, but also the politics of working in the field and in the office.  They also offered classes on how to manage money and how to deal with the stresses of working in construction and working full time.  Through CCSC’s program and City Build, I acquired the tools I needed to find success within myself and within my career.

  After completing the City Build program I was offered multiple jobs from many construction companies and eventually decided to take an offer from Webcor Builders to become a Project Engineer.  As a Project Engineer, I have learned so much about all the aspects of construction and also learned so much about myself.  I have become an integral part of my company and will continue to excel in my career.  I owe a large part of my opportunities and success to CCSC and City Build Academy.  I feel that my time at City Build prepared me physically and mentally to contend with the rigors of working in construction.  I feel blessed and grateful to have been a part of CCSC and City Build; it has changed my life and my family’s future forever.  Thank you CCSC and City Build.

                                                   By Gustavo Choto

     我的名字是Gustavo Choto，出生及成長於三藩市之Excelsior District。去年夏天，我有機會成為博愛文化中心其中一個參與者，及透過這中心成為市政府建築班的學生，在這段時間，是我人生的轉捩點。雖然有很多機會給我選擇，但我不肯定應向那一個行業發展，而投身建築業是我其中一個選擇，但在這競爭劇烈的行業，我不太清楚我將會遇到甚麼的障礙。

     當我知道市政府開設有建築班，我十分期望能參加這課程，因為它具有進軍建築業之優勢，雖然當時我不知道將會得著些甚麼，但直覺告訴我：將是我生命裡其中一個最好的選擇。在這課程中，不單教授有關建築之技術及基本知識，還有教授有關工作及辦公室政治、理財知識、怎樣處理工作壓力等，這課程亦提供如何掌握個人就業的成功之道。

     當我完成這課程後，得到數間公司聘請的機會，最終我選擇了Webcor Builders並成為Project Engineer， 作為一個計劃工程師，我必須懂得各方面有關建築之知識，及從工作中加深了對自己的認識，而我亦成為公司一個不可缺少的員工，我將會繼續發展及提升我的事業。

     全賴有博愛文化中心及City Build 給我這個機會，在這課程中，它使我有充足的體力及精神，去應付繁重的建築工作。

     我感激能夠成為博愛文化中心及City Build Academy的一份子，這一良好的機會，改變我及我家人的將來，多謝博愛文化中心及City Build。

                                               Gustavo Choto