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MASONRY APPRENTICE CLASSES ARE STARTING!

1/7/2020

MAF Masonry Apprentice
Classes Starting Soon!
OPEN HOUSE EVENT SCHEDULE

The Masonry Association of Florida MASONRY APPRENTICE CLASSES are beginning soon. See dates and locations for Open House events in your area:

SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2020
Individual class times are listed below:

ORLANDO PROGRAM
@ 7:00 AM
Orange Technical College
2900 W. Oak Ridge Road
Orlando, FL 32809

Contact:
Sheila Parsons
mafapprentice@gmail.com
407-251-6050

Map & Directions

TAMPA BAY PROGRAM
@7:30 AM
9117 Florida Mining Blvd
(at the Cemex Yard)
Tampa, FL 33634

Contact:
Linda Boyd
239 201-6011
memberservices@floridamasonry.com

Map & Directions

MANATEE PROGRAM
@ 7:30 AM
Manatee Technical College
6305 State Road 70 E
Bradenton, FL 34203

Contact:
Roy Nystrom
nystromr@manateeschools.net
941-744-6971

Map & Directions

SOUTHWEST PROGRAM
@ 7:30 AM
Preferred Materials
25061 Old 41 Road
Bonita Springs, FL

Contact:
Linda Boyd
239 201-6011
memberservices@floridamasonry.com

Map & Directions

NORTH CENTRAL PROGRAM
@ 7:30 AM
Marion Technical Institute
1614 East Fort King Street
Ocala, Fl. 34471

Contact:
Linda Boyd
239 201-6011
memberservices@floridamasonry.com

Map & Directions

2019 Skills USA - Female Masons in today's competition!

6/27/2019

Vocational Brick & Block Masonry Instructor NEEDED - Job number: 20190001

6/4/2019

Click ^ to download a flyer!

Island Coast High School in Cape Coral, Florida has an opening for a vocational brick and block masonry instructor for the 2019-2020 school year. The instructor will be responsible for teaching students in both the classroom and shop settings.

Requirements:
• A minimum of six years full-time or the equivalent of part-time
occupational experience in carpentry/building construction,
surveying, or trowel trades occupations.
• Applicants must have documentation of industry certification when
state or national industry certifications are available and applicable.

Compensation (per TALC Agreement The School District of Lee County):
• Starting Salary - $40,500
• 196-day calendar starting August 5, 2019
• Included benefits: Medical & Life Insurance

How to Apply:
Create an account at https://apply.leeschools.net and apply to the Instructional Pool: Job number: 20190001. If you need assistance please feel free to contact us at 239.337.8640 & we will be happy to assist you.
Please contact Dr. Cort-Mora (MichelleCo@leeschools.net) if you’re interested in learning more about this position.

High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up For University

6/3/2019

Garret Morgan (center) is training as an ironworker near Seattle and already has a job that pays him $50,000 a year. Sy Bean/The Hechinger Report

Like most other American high school students, Garret Morgan had it drummed into him constantly: Go to college. Get a bachelor's degree.

"All through my life it was, 'if you don't go to college you're going to end up on the streets,' " Morgan said. "Everybody's so gung-ho about going to college."

So he tried it for a while. Then he quit and started training as an ironworker, which is what he is doing on a weekday morning in a nondescript high-ceilinged building with a concrete floor in an industrial park near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Morgan and several other men and women are dressed in work boots, hard hats and Carhartt's, clipped to safety harnesses with heavy wrenches hanging from their belts. They're being timed as they wrestle 600-pound I-beams into place.

www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/25/605092520/high-paying-trade-jobs-sit-empty-while-high-school-grads-line-up-for-universityRead more >

For young block masons, it's never been better

5/23/2019

Tanner Brooks, a young concrete mason for an outfit based in the Phoenix area knows he has it good. Even as an apprentice, he's likely making more money than his former schoolmates and he has no student loan debt. He's also just 19 years old. "It allowed me to pay for my own vehicle, my own place to live, and I live comfortably," Brooks said. "I don't struggle all." He also didn't struggle to find his job. In fact, he says construction companies were calling him while he was in school, when he started working as an apprentice before he ever graduated. Numbers recently released by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) show the Phoenix metro area added nearly 14,000 construction jobs from March 2018 to March 2019. But it's not just Arizona -- it's nationwide. To read more, click here.

St. Cloud High School Masonry Pre-Apprenticeship program

4/3/2019

Pictured left to right: Dan Kroeker (MAEF), Melissa Johnson (Lee Public Schools Adult & Career Education), Donna Hinson (MAF), Roseanne Perez (Island Coast Assistant Principal), Brad Kibbe (MAEF), Dr Michelle Cort-Mora (Island Coast Principal), John Lear (Instructor St Cloud), Robert Dombo (Assistant Principal St Cloud)

Inside the St Cloud High School Masonry pre-apprentice program classroom.

Dr. Michelle Cort-Mora, Principal at Island Coast High School,recording her message to students about the benefits of a career in masonry construction.

Dan Kroeker, MAEF Apprenticeship Coordinator

Donated masonry materials and ample workspace for students at St Cloud.

St. Cloud High School hosted a tour of their facilities and existing pre-apprentice masonry program on Friday, March 29th. Island Coast High School, in Cape Coral FL, is in the planning stages of their own masonry pre-apprentice program and came prepared with questions and ideas to run by the experts. Attending the event were Donna Hinson, MAF Executive Director, Dan Kroeker, MAEF Apprentice Coordinator, and Brad Kibbe, MAEF Executive Director, Dr. Michelle Cort-Mora, Principal of ICHS, Roseanne Perez, Assistant Principal ICHS, Melissa Johnson, Lee Public Schools Adult & Career Education, Robert Dombo, Assistant Principal St Cloud, and John Leal, Masonry Instructor St Cloud. We wish to thank St. Cloud for hosting us and for providing informative and helpful ideas for the new masonry pre-apprentice program.

MAF CENTRAL FL CHAPTER - 2019 Golf SCHOLARSHIP Scramble

3/5/2019

Friday, April 19, 2019 @ 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Please Join US!
Come enjoy a day of relaxation, golf, refreshments and prizes at the MAF Central Chapter Fundraiser Golf Tournament.
All proceeds will benefit the MAF Central Chapter Apprentice Programs.

Location
Orange County National
Golf Center & Lodge
16301 Phil Ritson Way
Winter Garden, FL 34787

Map & Directions

Schedule
7:30 AM Registration
8:30 AM Shot-gun Start
12:30 PM Lunch, Prizes & Awards

Cost
$175/player | $600/foursome
Sponsor Opportunities available!
Registration fee includes golf, breakfast, raffle ticket and lunch.

Registration
For registration, please use the PDF form available here:
2019 MAF CF Golf Scholarship Scramble

An Interview with Skilled-Trades Evangelist Jim Painter

2/27/2019

Written By: Chris Eversole

Longtime building industry leader works to attract workers

Members of the Painter family have been masons since the early 20th Century, and Painter Masonry has operated for 50 years.

The company, which laid bricks and cement blocks for many of the buildings at the University of Florida and other parts of Greater Gainesville, won’t continue for another generation. No family member is ready to continue Painter Masonry’s legacy, and none of the workers have stepped up to take over.

What’s more, it’s harder and harder to find workers who are willing to take on the arduous work of building the future – one brick at a time – in the Florida sun.

Read more:
https://www.businessmagazinegainesville.com/an-interview-with-skilled-trades-evangelist-jim-painter/

Junior Achievement inspire event

2/15/2019

On Friday, February 8, 2019, Robert Ball, Vice President of Coastal Masonry, Masonry Association of Florida (MAF) Southeast Chapter President and Donna Hinson, MAF Executive Director represented the association's apprentice programs and masonry industry at the 1st Annual Junior Achievement Inspire Event. The educational job fair featured a concrete block/masonry demonstration by Central Broward Construction (Justin Lord, Owner Central Broward Construction and MAF State Board Vice Chairman). Over 2000 students attended and were exposed to the masonry industry and construction trades.

Ken Urquhart, Workforce Employment Manager for Junior Achievement of South Florida thanked the MAF for their participation:

"Thank you for reaching out about getting kids involved in the masonry specialty, and the construction industry in general. I agree that this is a great avenue for the kids to get involved. I will be in touch in the near future about some of our upcoming events and opportunities.

From all of us at Junior Achievement, we truly value your relationship and collaborating with you going forward."

For more information, please contact Robert Ball robert@coastalmasonry.com, Justin Lord justin@cbcfl.com or Donna Hinson, donna@floridamasonry.com

Kenny Tilghman Level 3 Apprentice @ World of Concrete representing the MAF and MCAF Tampa Chapter Apprentice Program

1/24/2019