The new entrant will learn what it takes to become a productive construction craft laborer. Trainees will receive preliminary preparation and training for entry into the Laborers' apprenticeship program. The course consists of 4 days learning and practicing timed work-tasks and one day test based on actual performance doing the tasks. Tasks include:

• Proper lifting techniques
• Concrete block moving
• Ditch digging to grade and compaction
• Proper use of a shovel
• Personal protective equipment
• Sand wheeling / control of a wheelbarrow
• Scaffold erection & disassembly, basics
• Lumber moving and stacking
• Material and tool recognition
• Fine grading for concrete placement
• Gravel wheeling
• Brick moving and stacking
• Promptness & attitude