This course covers safety and regulatory training for transportation, manufacturing, construction and general industry. The apprenticeship program is tuition-free and provides some tools required for the lab. Apprentices are required to purchase their own personal tools. Each sponsor has a tool purchase plan available to the apprentices on a payroll deduction plan. The classroom-training schedule runs from September through the second week in June.
Classes meet twice a week in the evenings for two hours each night.
Applications will be available on May 1, 2001. Orientation will be held for two weeks in August. This course covers CDL driver requirement training, driver logbook, vehicle inspection compliance and DOT audit inspection compliance. This basic Fire Fighter Certification course consists of 20 weeks of classroom and hands-on training to comply with the Texas Commission of Fire Protection requirements, in preparation for the Texas State Exam. There are 2 Fire Academies per year.