Our Mission
The Edward J. Malloy Initiative for Construction Skills Inc. pre-apprenticeship training program opens the door to New York City residents seeking entry into the unionized building and construction trades. Construction Skills provides DIRECT ENTRY access to meaningful long-term careers offering high wages, health benefits, and retirement security.
OPPORTUNITY
Building and Construction Trades Union Apprenticeship Programs
Construction Skills is dedicated to preparing a trained and skilled workforce from communities throughout the five boroughs of New York City for careers in the unionized construction industry.
Unionized apprenticeship offers training, education, certification, high wages, health benefits, and retirement security paid for by union contractors, while simultaneously being employed on construction projects throughout all of New York City.
DIVERSITY
With an outstanding rate of success, including a retention rate of 80% Construction Skills has resulted in a stronger more diverse workforce, with Black/African Americans, Hispanic/Latino, and Asians from all five boroughs representing the majority of new union members in the construction industry.
89%
OF CSKILLS GRADUATES PLACED INTO UNION APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS SELF IDENTIFY AS BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC/LATINO, ASIAN, OR OF OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS
8000
UNION APPRENTICES GO TO WORK EVERY DAY IN NEW YORK CITY
75%
OF THESE APPRENTICES ARE
NEW YORK CITY RESIDENTS
65%
OF THESE RESIDENTS ARE SELF IDENTIFYING PEOPLE OF COLOR
31%
ARE FROM
BROOKLYN
8%
ARE FROM
MANHATTAN
28%
ARE FROM
QUEENS
24%
ARE FROM
THE BRONX
7%
ARE FROM
STATEN ISLAND
RESULTS
CSKILLS has placed more than 2,561 New York City residents into apprenticeship programs jointly sponsored by union affiliates of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York.
More than 1,795 of these apprentices remain actively employed in the unionized construction industry including more than 1,134 journeypersons. These opportunities help to empower individuals and strengthen both families and communities.
203
FROM
MANHATTAN
280
FROM
STATEN ISLAND
569
FROM
THE BRONX
775
FROM
QUEENS
730
FROM BROOKLYN