The Community Services Agency of the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO has operated the Building Futures Construction Pre-Apprenticeship Program for close to 11 years.The program includes occupational training with certifications, soft skills and job readiness training, case management, job placement and retention services. Clients are placed into construction or related jobs, or registered apprenticeship programs, which are "earn while you learn" programs leading to nationally-recognized credentials and licenses.
Eligibility: The program is open to low-income DC residents 21 years of age and over, men and women, including ex-offenders. Applicants MUST be interested in a career in the building and construction industry, be at least 21 years of age, have a high school diploma or GED, have a valid drivers’ license or learners’ permit, be healthy enough to do physical labor and BE DRUG FREE INCLUDING MARIJUANA.
Curriculum: The program is a six-week pre-apprenticeship training that combines hands on construction skills training, with construction math, blue print reading, resume-writing and interviewing skills, on the job relationship building and time management, orientation to the construction industry and apprenticeship, and more!
Interested? Classes are held four times per year. Call us at 202-974-8223, or email
Download our Building Futures flyer HERE
Click here to visit the Building Futures Facebook page
Eligibility: The program is open to low-income DC residents 21 years of age and over, men and women, including ex-offenders. Applicants MUST be interested in a career in the building and construction industry, be at least 21 years of age, have a high school diploma or GED, have a valid drivers’ license or learners’ permit, be healthy enough to do physical labor and BE DRUG FREE INCLUDING MARIJUANA.
Curriculum: The program is a six-week pre-apprenticeship training that combines hands on construction skills training, with construction math, blue print reading, resume-writing and interviewing skills, on the job relationship building and time management, orientation to the construction industry and apprenticeship, and more!
Interested? Classes are held four times per year. Call us at 202-974-8223, or email
- Building Futures Coordinator, Sylvia Casaro-Dietert at SCasaro@dclabor.org
- Case Manager, Jennifer Gajdosik at JGajdosik@dclabor.org
- Job Developer, Bianca McManus at bmcmanus@dclabor.org
Download our Building Futures flyer HERE
Click here to visit the Building Futures Facebook page
Thank You to Our Funders
CSA is proud to have support for Building Futures from the United Planning Organization, the DC Department of Employment Services and these four funds of the Greater Washington Community Foundation: City, Workforce Development, Joshua Community, and Share Funds.