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Blue Collar Prep (BCP)
Blue Collar Prep (BCP)
at Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW)
New York City Catalog
NEW’s daytime offering, Blue Collar Prep (BCP), is a seven-week full-time program geared towards giving women a well-rounded introduction to the building trades and hands-on training experience with tools and building materials. BCP runs Monday-Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm. NEW prepares women for nontraditional careers in the building and construction trades, public utilities, transportation, green jobs, and building maintenance and operations industries — jobs that provide structured career pathways to the middle class and economic independence. Through its innovative training programs, NEW graduates successfully compete for skilled trades careers that enable women to achieve economic self-sufficiency.
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Carpenters
Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood and comparable materials, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; and wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall, and batt or roll insulation. Includes brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways.
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Hourly Wage
$36,160
$51,390
$89,950
$17.39
$24.71
$43.25
Admissions
ELIGIBILITY
- NEW welcomes women, trans, and nonbinary individuals to register
- Must be 18 years or older
- Eligible to work in the United States
- High school diploma or equivalency
- Interested in hands-on training to enter a career in the construction field