Ironworker at Int. Assoc. Bridge Struct. Orn. Reinf. Ironworkers Local Union 377 SJ

The International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Ironworkers Local Union 377 sponsors this union ironworker apprenticeship in Benicia, CA. Operating under the JATC model, Local 377 SJ delivers employer-backed, paid training in the full scope of ironwork for the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California — a region with extensive bridge, commercial, and industrial construction activity. Apprentices earn wages throughout all four years of training.

This time-based apprenticeship includes 6,000 hours of on-the-job training and 576 hours of related technical instruction over four years. Apprentices develop skills across the trade's main disciplines: structural steel erection, reinforcing iron and rebar installation, ornamental ironwork, rigging and hoisting, and welding. Classroom instruction addresses structural drawings, rigging load calculations, OSHA safety standards, welding procedures, and trade-specific technical principles.

Graduates earn journey-level status as Ironworkers. Local 377's union affiliation provides access to collectively bargained wages, benefits, and retirement security. The Bay Area's dynamic construction landscape — spanning bridges, transit infrastructure, high-rise commercial buildings, and industrial facilities — offers journeyman ironworkers from this program broad and lasting career opportunities.