Better Choice Bigger Future.

Program Overview

Do you like working with precision instruments and tools, and have a keen eye for perfect assemblies? Are you reliable? Hard working? Good at math? Then forget student loans and choose a bigger future with a career in the millwrights – a bigger salary, bigger opportunities and bigger ways to help your community. The best part? No college debt. That’s BIG!

Better Than College? You Decide.

“I completed my apprenticeship in just four years — and got paid the whole time. Now that I’m a journeyman, I make more money than most college graduates and receive excellent benefits.”

Complete your union apprenticeship to become a millwright in just four years — and get paid while you learn.

Once you earn journeyman status, you’ll have the opportunity to make more money than many college grads, receive excellent benefits and be able to find a rewarding job anywhere.

Average College Student

  • Student loan debt: $37K+
  • Paid to learn: $0
  • Starting salary: $50k

Average Union Apprentice

  • Student loan debt: $0
  • Paid to learn: $30-40/hr*
  • Starting salary after completing an apprenticeship: $50-66/hr*

*Total compensation for wages and benefits.

 
 
“I make more money than a lot of my friends who went to college!”

 

Millwright & Technical Engineers Local 2158

  • Competitive wages
  • Excellent benefits
  • The opportunity to earn while you learn

There is the possibility of gaining college credits while working through the program. Choose Bigger and become part of the best kept secret!

 

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