• Ariel/Scissors Lift Cert. October 13, 2010 8:00AM register now!
  • We have scheduled a few OSHA 30's. Check out the registration page to see which group will work for you.
  • Metro Orientation RSVP's are due by August 16, 2010. You can RSVP on the registration page or call 651-487-5500.


  • Metro Orientation is scheduled for August 25, 2010 from 4-6 pm at the BAC Training Center. Letters will be sent out this month. You can RSVP on the registration page or call 651-487-5500.


  • BAC is training Highschool students in a new program called BAC Craft Familiarization Program, which gives them a little bit of all crafts. Please Click Here For Pictures.
  • Evening OSHA 30, Scaffold Safety

  • Night OSHA 30 is Almost Finished. More OSHA 30 will take place in the fall 2010.


  • Thank you to all the apprentices involved with the BAC Training Center. You are our future! Looking forward to seeing you in the fall! Metro Orientation is scheduled for August.
  • Night OSHA 30 Class has begun and is full! Please call 651-487-5500 if you want to get your name on the list for the next available class!


  • Upgrades for Duluth at scheduled for April 22 and 23, 2010. Make sure to get your spot before it is full!
  • Congrats to our completing apprentices! Completion Banquet at Jax Cafe is scheduled for April 29, 2010 at 6:00 PM
  • Hanging Around with OSHA 30!
  • Summer OSHA 30 is scheduled and now taking enrollments. The class will start May 5, 2010 and continue every wednesday for 7 weeks from 5:00 PM until 9:30 PM.


  • Mark is scheduling a Flash and Grout Journeyman upgrade in the duluth area. Our target date is April 22 & 23, 2010. Letters will go out as soon as it is set in stone.
  • First OSHA 30 Class was a success! We are hoping for the classes to become better and better and time goes on. Next OSHA 30 is scheduled for March 15-19. April 5-9 still has room so register now! During the summer we plan on holding night classes for thoses who couldn't make the course days classes. They will be listed online as soon as a dates are set.


  • OSHA 30 Classes are now available! The first two March Classes are already full! If you need to be certified please register now for April 5-9. There will be additional classes starting in May one night a week for six weeks. Watch for them on our registration page
  • Very busy month! Course I and Course II Foremen Classes are scheduled and will be held. There is still room to sign up on our restration page!


  • PCC Apprenitces completed OSHA 10 Safety Course while attending their Apprenitceship Monday through Friday 7:00 AM-3:30 PM.
  • Welcome Back! Hope everyone had a great Holiday break!


  • Holiday Break Is From December 21, Until January 4, 2010.



  • Please check out the registration page for changes to Journeyman Upgrade Classes. Register now!


  • Mark Wickstrom held a Bricklayers Flashing and Grout Upgrade in St. Cloud on November 23, 2009. We had 19 Journeyman in attendance.
  • Thomas Hix, Second Year Bricklayer Apprentice cutting out motor joints for re-pointing on the Casa Guadalupana House.


  • We are holding a Grout & Flashing Journeyman Upgrade in St. Cloud Minnesota, November 23, 2009, from 7:00 AM until 3:30 PM. Please Contact Mike Ganz to enroll at 612-865-0343.
  • Rochester and Duluth Journeyman Upgrades have been cancelled for November. We will re-schedule them at a later date.
  • Please check out more pictures of the Tile and Brick Apprentices working on Casa Guadalupana Volunteer Project Click Here For Pictures.


  • Tile Layer and Tile Finisher Apprentices have started their volunteer work on the four cabins at the Disabled Veteran's Camp.

  • OUTSTATE UPCOMING EVENTS: NEED AT LEAST 10 STUDENTS PER COURSE
    Duluth Tile Upgrade, Ardex, October 6, 2009, 4:00 until 8:00 PM.
    Rochester Tile Upgrade, C-Cure, October 7, 2009, 4:00 until 8:00 PM.
  • METRO UPCOMING EVENTS: NEED AT LEAST 10 STUDENTS PER COURSE
    Brick Upgrade, ICF Systems, October 2, 2009, 7:00 AM until 3:30 PM.
    All Trades Upgrade, Foremen Training Course II, October 5 and 6, 2009, 4:00 until 8:00 PM.
    Tile Upgrade, MerKrete-Liquid Membranes, October 7, 2009, 4:00 until 8:00 PM.
    All Trades Upgrade, 1st Aid/CPR/AED, October 17, 2009, 7:00 AM until 4:00 PM.
    Must not have taken this course in the past three years.
  • APPRENTICESHIP VOLUNTEER PROJECTS
    Casa Guadalupana, Disabled Vets Camp, Pipfitters Local...More details to follow!
  • Tile Layer and Tile Finisher Apprentices will be working on four cabins at the Disabled Veteran's Camp starting September 30, 2009. The Apprenticeship appreciates the opportunity to work for a great organization!



  • Apprenticeship Coordinator, Rick Martagon, and Instructor, Dave Mensing, Taught OSHA 10 Certification Class To All Active Apprentices Who Haven't Had It Yet. As Well The Journeyman were Invited To Attend.


  • Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Working Partenerships, TEAM, and Derek Cooper with NAC presented to Tile Apprentices and journeyman at the BAC Trainging Center.
  • On Tuesday, September 8 and Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Rick Martagon, Apprenticeship Coordinator, visited the Duluth Tile Apprentices to begin classes.
  • September Newsletter is out! Please Look At All The Available Journeyman Upgrade Classes. Register Now, Class Sizes Are Limited. Click Here For Link To Newsletters
  • Rick Martagon, Apprenticeship Coordinator, took a visit to St. Cloud For Chapter 04MN Union Meeting to Address Apprenticeship and Journeyman Upgrade Training.
  • Look For Future Flashing & Grout Journeyman Upgrade In St. Cloud.
Picture layout Left to Right
Top Row-Gary A Dudley, Paul Lochner, Daniel Groetsch, Business Agent-Michael Ganz, Henry Maybury,
President-Jim Lundquist, Nafid Karic
Bottom Row- Raymond Schmidt, Marvin Neuerburg, Dennis Ebensteiner, Charles Sauer, David Curtis

  • Apprenticeship Classes begin In September for all programs!!
  • Mark, Rick, & Dave will represent Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local Union 1 MN/ND Apprenticeship Programs at the AFL/CIO building at the state fair starting
    August 27, 2009. Stop by and sign the log book!