PATHWAY CONNECTION

Prior learning assessment for apprenticeship related technical instruction is the first step in developing articulation agreements between Hudson County Community College (HCCC) and individual unions. Articulation agreements allow union apprentices to receive college credits upon applying to the HCCC Construction Management program. HCCC faculty is developing a rubric for courses in the construction management curriculum to create a uniform procedure for union apprenticeship evaluation. The rubric will offer a way of comparing student learning objectives and skills and determining the level of similarity (or difference) between courses and apprenticeship RTI.

The Building Trades Union partners in the Center include (1) Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters, (2) Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 32, (3) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 102, (4) International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 269, (5) International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825, (6) Ironworkers Local Union #399, (7) NJ Administrative District Council of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, and (8) Sheet Metal Workers Local 25.