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Orientation at LTC – 6:00 PM May 15, 2025 Zoom Orientation - 9:00 AM Must Register & Receive Email Invite May 15, 2025

The Laborers Training Center (LTC) provides construction industry vocational training through a full range of classes and apprenticeship programs at its Lino Lakes, Minnesota, facility. The LTC offers continuing education programs for its 9500 participating union members who need to maintain their certifications, develop their skills, and stay abreast of new trends and technologies. The LTC strives to ensure safety and productivity among construction laborers through curricular offerings that cover every aspect of construction laborer training.

The LTC, which began offering continuing education programs in 1989, is operated by the non-profit Construction Laborer’s Training Fund. Since 1999, the LTC’s apprenticeship program has been part of the mandatory, state-regulated requirements for Construction Craft Laborers. Courses at the LTC are available year-round; however, training programs gain momentum during the off season, November through April, when construction projects slow down.

With a manageable enrollment capacity of 150 trainees per week, the LTC provides training in construction skills, environmental issues, and safety procedures. Class size is small enough to ensure that students receive plenty of personalized instruction, and hands-on training in the LTC’s state-of-the art facility.

The LTC offers a full range of skills improvement training and is recognized by the Lead Unit and Asbestos Abatement Unit of the Minnesota Department of Health, the EPA, and OSHA for its intensive high-quality training programs. The LTC seeks to offer a level of training unavailable to the average construction employee from vo-tech or trade schools due to time constraints and curricular requirements.

The LTC is associated with the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA), as well as the Associated General Contractors (AGC). A board of trustees provides oversight to the LTC with equal management and local representation.



Weekly Schedule of Training Classes
April 21, 2025 - June 13, 2025

Training CourseDateOff-site Location
Week of April 21, 2025
Asbestos Supervisor Initial    Apr 21-25    
CPR / First Aid    Apr 21    
Dingo Training    Apr 21    
General Construction / Flagging / Pro-10    Apr 21-25    
Heavy Highway Skills / MnDOT Flag    Apr 21-25    
Line & Grade II    Apr 21-25    
Rigging & Signaling Qualified - 24 Hr   (Evening)    Apr 21-24    
Safety Week / OSHA 30 / CPR First Aid    Apr 21-25    
Excavation Confined Space    Apr 22    
Vacuum Trailer Training    Apr 22    
Flagging / MnDOT    Apr 23    
Gas Fusion    Apr 23    
Hazardous Waste Refresher    Apr 24    
Asbestos Supervisor Refresher WI/MN    Apr 25    
Week of April 28, 2025
General Construction / Flagging / Pro-10    Apr 28-May 02    
Hazardous Waste Initial    Apr 28-May 02    
Hazardous Waste Initial   (Evening)    Apr 28-May 08    
Landscaping    Apr 28-May 02    
Mason Tending    Apr 28-May 02    
Pipelaying 2    Apr 28-May 02    
Remote Camera Inspection    Apr 28-May 01    
Safety Week / OSHA 30 / CPR First Aid    Apr 28-May 02    
Torch Cutting Demo Safety    Apr 28-29    
Rigging & Signaling Qualified - 24 Hr    Apr 30-May 02    
Asbestos Worker Refresher WI/MN    May 02    
Week of May 05, 2025
Concrete Practices / Insulated Forms    May 05-09    
Global Positioning System    May 05-07    
Lead Worker Initial    May 05-07    
Safety Week / OSHA 30 / CPR First Aid    May 05-09    
Supervisor Training & Education Program    May 05-09    
Asbestos Supervisor Refresher WI/MN    May 09    
Asbestos Worker Refresher WI/MN    May 09    
Week of May 12, 2025
Asbestos Worker Initial    May 12-15    
Blueprint Reading    May 12-16    
General Construction / Flagging / Pro-10    May 12-16    
General Construction / Flagging / Pro-10   (Evening)    May 12-22    
Heavy Highway Skills / MnDOT Flag    May 12-16    
Pipelaying 1    May 12-16    
Safety Week / OSHA 30 / CPR First Aid    May 12-16    
Scaffold Erecting Competent Person    May 12-16    
Intro to Union & Apprenticeship Program    May 15   Online Training
Intro to Union & Apprenticeship Program   (Evening)    May 15    
Asbestos Supervisor Refresher WI/MN    May 16    
Asbestos Worker Refresher WI/MN    May 16    
Mine Safety & Health Admin    May 16   Virginia, MN - 1097 Hall
Week of May 19, 2025
Air Sampling    May 19-20    
General Construction / Flagging / Pro-10    May 19-23    
Hazardous Waste Initial    May 19-23    
Line & Grade I    May 19-23    
Mason Tending    May 19-23    
Safety Week / OSHA 30 / CPR First Aid    May 19-23    
Asbestos Worker Refresher    May 23    
Asbestos Worker Refresher WI/MN    May 23    
Week of June 09, 2025
Asbestos Supervisor Initial    Jun 09-13    
Blueprint Reading    Jun 09-13    
General Construction / Flagging / Pro-10    Jun 09-13    
Torch Cutting Demo Safety    Jun 09-10    
Rigging & Signaling Qualified - 24 Hr    Jun 11-13    
Asbestos Supervisor Refresher WI/MN    Jun 13    

 

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Safety!
For safety, all Trainees are required to wear work boots, work jeans and shirts with sleeves in order to participate in training.

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Wear work jeans, shirt with sleeves & work boots. No shorts, sweat pants, tennis shoes or sandals. Dress for in & outdoor activities. Hard hat & safety glasses are provided. For safety trainees are not permitted to train if not dressed appropriately.




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