Committee Report

The Apprentice and Training Committee made five recommendations to improve the Boilermakers’ National Apprenticeship Program (BNAP): 1) continue, in earnest, the establishment of a tracking system to identify member skills, background, and training history; 2) immediately make plans to implement, in the United States, the Canadian Boilermakers’ recruiting, marketing, and career awareness program, and when it is completed, the Canadian Boilermakers’ apprentice on-the-job mentoring program; 3) ensure that the national, area, and local training centers adhere to all construction industry national safety and health requirements; 4) seek, at the next national tripartite conference, the commitment of signatory contractors to involve apprentices in the project management process; and 5) seek guidance from the International Executive Council to ensure BNAP reaches the most qualified apprentice candidates and that preferences given to certified welders are authenticated. The report was presented and adopted on Day 4.

Committee Members

Sean Murphy	Chairman
Pat Smith	Secretary
Allan Belter	L-146 – Western Canada
Mike Card	L-169 – Great Lakes
Tom Cook	L-5 – Northeast
John Doherty	L-28 – Northeast
Jason Dupuis	Apprentice Staff/NE
Otis Edwards	L-549 – Western States
Kyle Evenson	Apprentice Staff/WS
Mark Gustafson	Apprentice Staff/GL
Larry McManamon Jr.	Apprentice Staff/GL
Stephen Murphy	Apprentice Staff/NE
Michael Peterson	Apprentice Staff/SE
Don Thurmond	L-27 – Central Section
Advisor: Grant Jacobs

Date: Saturday, July 22, 2006
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon
Room: Bermuda B

Other meeting times will be scheduled as required.