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Heartland Coalition Carpentry Construction Pre-Apprenticeship

Heartland Coalition · Pomona, CA

Cost
$5,943
Length
8 weeks
Working 6 months later
79%

Program names and program descriptions appear here in English, because that is the only language the federal and state records publish them in. Occupation titles are translated where O*NET publishes a Spanish name. Everything else on this page is translated.

What happened to people who took this

People enrolled
88
Finished the program
99%Based on 84 peopleTypical California program: 85% of 1,951 reportingThat median pools every California program that reported this measure, whatever its length, credential, or field, and leaves out the ones that reported nothing. It is a reference point, not a rating of this program.
Working 6 months later
79%Typical California program: 69% of 1,690 reportingThat median pools every California program that reported this measure, whatever its length, credential, or field, and leaves out the ones that reported nothing. It is a reference point, not a rating of this program.
Earnings in one quarter after
$8,344A single quarter of earnings, roughly three months, not a yearly salary. Do not compare it directly with the yearly pay shown for the occupation.Typical California program: $10,900 of 1,339 reportingThat median pools every California program that reported this measure, whatever its length, credential, or field, and leaves out the ones that reported nothing. It is a reference point, not a rating of this program.

The jobs this trains for

This describes the jobs people do, not the classes this program teaches. It comes from the U.S. Department of Labor, which asks people already doing the work. The Department publishes it in English only, so the job names and the sentences below stay in English on this page.

Trains for more than one job. The outlook shown is the weakest of them.

No regional figures for this program

This program's ZIP code reaches into more than one of the labor-market areas California publishes, and nothing in the state's own area titles says which one it belongs to. Either answer would look exactly like a correct answer here, so neither is given and the statewide figures stand alone.

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

Job ads may call this: Field Supervisor · Insulation Foreman · Sheet Metal Foreman · Site Superintendent

Some of what people in this job do. The Department rates how important each one is, and they appear in that order.

  • Inspect work progress, equipment, or construction sites to verify safety or to ensure that specifications are met.
  • Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.
  • Supervise, coordinate, or schedule the activities of construction or extractive workers.
  • Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.
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  • Coordinate work activities with other construction project activities.
  • Estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs.
  • Analyze worker or production problems and recommend solutions, such as improving production methods or implementing motivational plans.
  • Order or requisition materials or supplies.
Typical pay in California
$100,326per year
Projected openings
68,670
Projected change
+8%
Usually needs
High school diploma or equivalent

Getting in

Experience needed first
5 years or more in a related job
Training after you are hired
None

Most people hired for this job have already spent 5 years or more in a related one. Finishing this program may not be enough on its own. Ask the provider who hires their graduates, and what those people did before.

These are the federal government's answers for the occupation, not rules this provider sets. California publishes the same two answers for every one of these jobs.

Carpenters

Pay, hiring, and what people studied

Job ads may call this: Framer · Carpenter · Cabinet Maker · Form Carpenter

  • Follow established safety rules and regulations and maintain a safe and clean environment.
  • Measure and mark cutting lines on materials, using a ruler, pencil, chalk, and marking gauge.
  • Assemble and fasten materials to make frameworks or props, using hand tools and wood screws, nails, dowel pins, or glue.
  • Shape or cut materials to specified measurements, using hand tools, machines, or power saws.
Show 4 more things this job involves
  • Study specifications in blueprints, sketches, or building plans to prepare project layout and determine dimensions and materials required.
  • Verify trueness of structure, using plumb bob and level.
  • Cover subfloors with building paper to keep out moisture and lay hardwood, parquet, or wood-strip-block floors by nailing floors to subfloor or cementing them to mastic or asphalt base.
  • Construct forms or chutes for pouring concrete.
Typical pay in California
$77,977per year
Projected openings
110,410
Projected change
+6.4%
Usually needs
High school diploma or equivalent

Getting in

Experience needed first
None
Training after you are hired
An apprenticeship

People usually enter this job through an apprenticeship rather than from a classroom course alone. Ask the provider whether this program leads to one.

Program details

This program provides in-person instruction only.

The Heartland Coalition is currently operating training centers in San Diego, Lynwood, and Pomona, California. Eight new training centers are scheduled to open next year. The funding is provided by Federal, State, and Corporate Grants and Programs as well as private donations. Trainers will be certified through NHB-PACT (The National Homebuilders Institute Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training Program). The training includes small business management training, design, and architecture as well as basic skills in carpentry and other trades such as electrical, plumbing and pipe fitting, cement masonry, solar installation, weatherization, painting and finishing, as well as design and architecture. Graduates have a direct entry into the Southwest Carpenters Training Fund Unions in California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Graduates also have direct entry to non-union as well as union state and nationally approved apprenticeship programs. The starting wages are $16 to $22 per hour plus a full benefits package. Third year apprentices will earn $37 per hour minimum and $17 per hour in benefits. Students will become journeyman after the 4th year and can work in any state in the U.S. and any province in Canada. Students will receive a week long training every three months which is fully paid for and for which the students can receive college credit. The Heartland Construction Trailing Program is eligible for ETPL funding and is listed on the Cal Jobs and I - Train websites which can be accessed by signing up with local Employment Development offices.The Heartland Construction Careers Training Program includes direct instruction in safety, small business development, carpentry, electrical, cement masonry, and plumbing and pipefitting. Students can choose extended training in areas such as painting and finishing, solarization, landscaping, design and architecture, engineering, HVAC, and weatherization. Students will receive one on one instruction on.

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Someone else may be able to pay for this

This program was on California's Eligible Training Provider List when the state last reported it to the U.S. Department of Labor (2026-09-18). Programs on that list can be paid for through an Individual Training Account. Listings are renewed periodically and can lapse, so a program listed when the state last reported may not be listed today. Ask before you rely on it.

Ask before you enroll, not after

The order the rules set out starts at the center rather than at the school. Before a center can find somebody eligible for training services it has to gather enough to decide, at a minimum through an interview, evaluation or assessment and career planning. Referring a person to the provider they have chosen and setting up the account both come after that, and both are the center's to do — the account is a payment agreement with the training provider, and it is the provider that is paid through it. So the call belongs before enrolling and before paying. Anyone who has already done either should still ask, and ask what it means for them.

The place to ask is an America's Job Center of California

  • Pomona Valley Comprehensive AJCCComprehensive center

    Phone: 909-242-7999

    1460 E. Holt AvenueThe Village at Indian Hill Suite 130Pomona, CA 91767about 3.7 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am-5 pm

    Has a veterans' representative

  • Covina AJCCAffiliate site

    Phone: 626-667-2601

    1115 E. Puente StreetTri-Community Adult School BuildingCovina, CA 91724about 7.7 miles away

    Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 4:30pm 0pm Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

  • West Valley America`s Job Center of CaliforniaComprehensive center

    Phone: 909-941-6500

    9650 9th StreetWest Valley Workforce Development Department Suite ARancho Cucamonga, CA 91730about 10 miles away

    Hours: Mon - Fri. 8:00a.m -5:00p.m

    Has a veterans' representative

At a comprehensive center all the required partner programs can be reached; an affiliate site offers some of them. Distances are straight-line, so the drive is longer. Call before you travel: opening hours here are as the federal directory published them, and the state notes its own staff are not present at every location.

Find a center anywhere in California, and check what is on the list today:
CareerOneStop — American Job Center Finder (U.S. DOL) · California EDD — Office Locator · California EDD — Eligible Training Provider List

How this gets paid for, and what to ask →

Whether a person can have a program paid for is decided by their local workforce development board and the America's Job Center staff who interview them — not by this site, and not by the training provider. California has 45 local workforce development areas and each sets its own policies, so the answer can differ between two people in neighboring counties. Nothing here is a promise of funding or a determination of eligibility.

The rules cited here, and the state and federal sites linked to, are published in English.

How this site gets its figures, and what they do not tell you →