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The Eastern Span replacement of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the largest Public Works projects in the world. The project promises hundreds of jobs for individuals interested in entering the building trades on an apprenticeship level. The Oakland City Council is providing this web page to inform Oakland residents about potential job opportunities on this mega project. If you are interested in learning about training requirements for a career in the building trades, you may visit the trade websites listed below or contact their offices for more details about recruitment.

The Cypress Mandela Apprenticeship Training program is a pre-apprenticeship program in Oakland that prepares individuals for apprenticeships in the building trades. Contact them at (510) 208-7350. You can learn more about their programs by visiting their website at http://www.oaklandpic.org/Cypress_Mandela-WIST.htm.

The following websites offer detailed information about the Bay Bridge replacement construction project.

www.newbaybridge.org

http://www.kiewit.com/project/pro_9202003.html

http://www.tylin.com/tyl_what_bri_l_01.html

 

San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge

Union Trades

Operating Engineers

(510) 748-7446

http://www.oe3.org/openg.home.htmlhttp://www.oe3.org/openg.home.html

Northern California District Council of Laborers

(510) 581-9600

http://www.liuna.org/

Piledrivers

(510) 635-4227

http://www.newbaybridge.org/the_builders/the_pile_drivers.html

Carpenters

(510) 581-7817

http://www.carpenters.org/

Ironworkers

(800) 698-0996

http://www.ironworkers.org/

Cement Masons

(510) 430-9492

http://www.opcmia.org/

Masters, Mates & Pilots

http://www.bridgedeck.org/

The Teamsters

(510) 895-8853

http://www.teamsters.org