Sprinkler Fitters Local 483 Training Center

Organized Labor

Oscar Lara, Instructor
The hardest thing about teaching is finding the way to communicate with each person. Some like to work in the shop; others want to install things. Some like book work and some can only learn hands-on. We get 20 guys in a class and break them into crews and teach them to work as a team. I'll tell them, "Hey guys, this is the industry for us. We're the guys who didn't get the opportunity to go to college, but now we get paid to learn. You won't find a better apprenticeship program." I've been doing this for 13 years and really enjoy it.