• Provide pathways for people in the Mid-South to enter rewarding, high skilled, and family-sustaining careers, while creating a pipeline of new talent to meet the construction industry’s labor demands
• Significantly increase the participation of underrepresented populations (including women, people of color, veterans, individuals with disabilities) in apprenticeship programs and construction crafts in the Mid-South
• Advocate for the critical role that apprenticeships programs can play in developing a skilled workforce and addressing inequality

Mid-South Construction Careers convenes trade unions, business sponsors, and community groups to provide apprentice readiness programming and wraparound services including mentorship, career counseling, and case management. By connecting working people to middle-class job training and opportunity, we aim to strengthen families, strengthen neighborhoods, and create a more equitable city for all.

MC3 works to bring together labor unions, construction contractors, local government agencies and the non-profit workforce development communities in a unique partnership. The partnership model allows targeted outreach and recruitment, consultation on curriculum design and guaranteed placement in union apprenticeships.

Our community partners include: IUEC LOCAL 30 , Electrical JATC

This program is an Apprenticeship Readiness Program only. Participation in, and/or completion of, this program does not guarantee admission into a union or employment in the construction industry. Decisions regarding admission or employment are made solely by the individual apprenticeship program, union, or employer not by MidSouth Construction Careers.

By applying to and participating in this program, you acknowledge the following requirements:

• Must pass a drug test
• Valid driver’s license required
• High school diploma or GED required
• Must be 18 years old by the time of graduation