• 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!