Getting on the road to a great career!

• Tuition-paid, fast-track, customized training that provides women, minorities, and low-income individuals with the skills they need to enter and succeed in road construction apprenticeships.
• Participants acquire employment skills and certification.
• Apprenticeships open doors that lead to road construction careers as carpenters, cement masons, iron workers, laborers, operating engineers, and others.
• Road construction jobs offer excellent pay and benefits, and advancement opportunities.

Features

• Intensive, nine-week, six-hours-a-day training program
• Student assistance and support
• Michigan Works! assessment of skills and aptitude
• Approved, local training providers (community colleges, trade unions, other training providers)
• Assistance with seeking road construction apprenticeships

Eligibility

• Minorities, women, or low-income individuals
• 18 years of age, or older
• High school diploma, or GED certificate
• Pass an entrance assessment for reading, applied math, and locating information
• Valid driver's license
• Pass a physical exam and drug test

Assistance and Support

• Free tuition
• Training stipend
• Supplies
• Transportation
• Child care
• Physical examand lab tests
• Career counseling and follow-up services

Customized Training

• Provides 270 hours of training in job readiness skills, applied math, computers, blueprint reading, workplace safety and overview of construction trades
• Brings math, reading, and locating information skills up to workplace standards
• Develops skills employers are looking for now
• Provides training through community colleges, trade unions, and others

Certification

Earned upon satisfactory completion of customized training

• RCAR Program Completion Certificate
• Gold, Silver,or Bronze WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate
• OSHA 10 Certificate
• First Aid/CPR Certificate

Placement Assistance

• RCAR certification shows worker qualifications and preparedness to start an apprenticeship program
• RCAR participants will receive help with seeking placement into road construction apprenticeships throughout the state

Partners

Michigan Department of Transportation www.michigan.gov/mdot

Workforce Development Agency, State of Michigan www.michigan.gov/bwt 

Michigan Works! www.michiganworks.org