Applications
To Apply to the Apprentice Program or check the statis of your application please visit our Applicants log-in page

Before you apply...
Filling out your application is just the first step in the application process. As an applicant, you will be required to meet the particular requirements of the Apprenticeship Standards of the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund of the Philadelphia and Vicinity. These Standards are approved by the Federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training and the Pennsylvania and Delaware Apprenticeship Councils.

A $10.00 application fee is required. (Money orders are the only acceptable legal tender).

Two forms of Identification are required. (Drivers License, SS Card, School ID, Military ID or State
non drivers license) One form of identification must have a picture. A birth certificate is not 
acceptable identification for this part of the application process.

Legal documentation of birth. Official Federal, State, County birth certificate or Passport. Hospital 
Birth Certificates and Baptismal Certificates are not legal documentation of birth. 

A signed copy of Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 19 Consent Form. Available upon log-in.

  A copy of your *High School Transcripts or GED Certificate with scores. You may also provide 
copies of College transcripts or Trade School Certificates for classes attended. We are not 
requesting a copy of your High School Diploma. 

A signed copy of the application printed off the application website.

*High School Transcripts or GED with Scores
The Joint Apprenticeship Committee is aware that certain schools will not provide a copy of official Transcripts or will not provide unofficial Transcripts to past graduates or students that attended classes and received credit. However, they will mail a copy directly to the Training Center. If this is what transpires during your application process, we have created a checklist on your Applicant homepage so you can review your status in the application process. Remember you are responsible to successfully complete the application process.


Completed Applications can be mailed or will be accepted on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday during February between 9AM and 5PM. For the remainder of the yearcompleted applications can be mailed or will be accepted on the second Monday of every month between 9AM and 5PM at: 

Sheet Metal Worker's Local #19 Apprentice Training Center
539 Main Street, Shoemakersville, PA   19555 

Please bring a photo ID or mail a copy


 Nondiscriminatory Policy
The Sheet Metal Workers JATC of Central PA admits apprentices of any race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to Sheet Metal Apprentices by the committee. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, and national origin in administration of any of its policies or programs.

E-Mail required...
In order to apply to the program you will be required to have a valid email address. You will need this to; receive your log-in, get updates and other important information. If you don't already have an email account of your own you will need to sign up for one before continuing to the application area. Several companies offer free email accounts which can be accessed via the internet. 

Here are a few companies offering free email service for you to choose from:

Yahoo Mail

MSN Hotmail

Mail.com

Netscape Mail

G-Mail

Opera Mail