UA-Local 51 receives $131K Real Jobs RI grant to implement urban apprenticeship program

Gov. Gina M. Raimondo recently announced 26 recipients of Real Jobs RI implementation grants; the United Association Local-51 Plumbers and Pipefitters has received a $131,400 Real Jobs RI  grant to launch the urban community apprenticeship program. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo recently announced 26 recipients of Real Jobs RI implementation grants; the United Association Local-51 Plumbers and Pipefitters has received a $131,400 Real Jobs RI grant to launch the urban community apprenticeship program. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

PROVIDENCE – The United Association Local-51 Plumbers and Pipefitters has received a $131,400 Real Jobs RI implementation grant to launch an urban community apprenticeship program.

The grant will connect people of color and the underserved in urban communities through a pre-apprenticeship training program which will lead to full apprenticeships in the plumbing, pipefitter and steamfitter trades, according to a news release from UA Local-51.

UA Local-51’s partners in the effort include Progreso Latino, Urban Ventures of Rhode Island, New Commons and Mayforth Group.

The program’s first phase will prepare 10 workers to enter full-time apprenticeships with five professional plumber, pipefitter and refrigeration businesses in the Ocean State, the release said.

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Apprentices will receive pay and benefits while learning a professional trade. In addition, they will receive nationally recognized academic and professional credentials.

“UA Local-51 is proud to be a partner in the Real Jobs Rhode Island program and to lead our state’s effort to build a high skill and high wage workforce, particularly in the critical professional trade industries,” Timothy Byrne, business manager, UA Local-51, said in a statement.
Real Jobs RI is an initiative of the state Department of Labor and Training focused on addressing workforce skills gaps through training targeted at requirements for current job openings going unfilled due to a lack of unqualified applicants.

Besides UA Local-51, 25 other Real Jobs RI grant recipients were announced recently by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo.
Recipients will split approximately $5 million in federal and state funding to implement job-training plans and fill immediate vacancies, according to the governor’s office.

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