Masonry Magazine February 2006 Page. 23
The Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades, Media, Pa.
Instructor: Dan Hiltebeitel
Number of Students: 37
Williamson is in its 114th year of preparing deserving young men to be useful and respected members of society. The masonry program uses a three-year, apprenticeship-based curriculum. As part of their daily regimen, students spend four hours in academic instruction and four hours in shop.
Currently, students are laying rock face block for a new indoor little league practice facility, building an addition to the school, and completing concrete flatwork. During summers, students are required to work for mason contractors; during the spring of their senior year, students participate in an internship program.
Participation in SkillsUSA has become an integral part of the training at Williamson. In the past six years, Williamson has twice won the national masonry competition at the post-secondary level, along with one second-place and one third-place winner.
Over the past seven years, instructor Dan Hiltebeitel has graduated 65 mason apprentices; 41 are currently working as apprentice masons and 21 are working in entry-level construction management positions. For more information, visit www.williamson.edu.
Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College, Ogden, Utah
Instructor: Richard Brown
Number of Students: 12
The bricklaying program at the Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College (OWATC) was established in 1973, and has
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