Employers

Program Benefits to Employers

ETAP students
  • Access to 10-years of work-ready referrals from journey levels to 1st-term apprentices in most trades.
  • A pool of work-ready applicants who have been provided training according to the industry requirements, including understanding of positive attitude, self-awareness of accountability, importance of attendance, and aptitude.
  • Assistance with job placement and follow-up for 1 year.
  • BOLI approved pre-apprenticeship training program.
  • Response to job request within 24hours.
  • Service support assistance for the purpose of employment retention.
  • Assistance with workforce hour requirements.
Below is a list of the hiring employers of ETAP graduates in the last ten years:
  • Abacus Energy Solutions
  • ABC
  • Acousti-Level Floor Systems, Inc
  • AGC
  • Allied Group
  • American Property Management
  • Anderson Construction
  • Anning-Johnson
  • Applied Technical Systems
  • B.J. Cumming,
  • Best West Concrete Pumping
  • B-Gentle Construction
  • Bogart Construction
  • Bremer Corp
  • Bremik
  • Buffalo Welding
  • C&C Security
  • C. Durham Construction, Inc.
  • Carlson Testing, Inc.
  • Cascade Acoustics
  • CC & L Roofing
  • CEC Security
  • Cement Mason JATC
  • Central City Concern
  • Cherry City Electric
  • City of Portland
  • Civic Construction
  • CJ Jackson
  • CMTS Construction
  • Cooper Zietz Engineering
  • D Wolfe, Inc.
  • D&H Flagging
  • Dan Obrist Construction
  • DeConstruction
  • Drywall Assemblies
  • Eichler Construction
  • Emmert International
  • Faison Construction
  • FCF-Fair Contracting Foundation
  • FDH Associates
  • Federal Public Defenders Office
  • Fred Eichler Construction
  • GE Appliances
  • Getchell Construction
  • Glacier Northwest
  • Groat Bros
  • Hansen Architectural Systems
  • HHC
  • High Country Construction (HCC,Inc)
  • High Rise Glass
  • Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber of
  • Commerce
  • Hoffman Construction Company
  • Hoffman Structures
  • Housing Authority of Portland
  • Howard S. Wright
  • J&S Masonry
  • J.W. Fowler
  • Joshone Brown Construction
  • Keiwitt Pacific Company
  • Laborers International Union of N. American
  • Lease Crutcher Lewis
  • M&M Construction
  • M&M Excavation Construction
  • McDonald & Wetle
  • Minority Abatement Contractors, Inc.
  • Moore Excavation
  • MoWat
  • Neil Kelly
  • New Growth Landscape
  • Northwest College of Construction
  • Northwest Structural
  • NW Door & Supply, Inc.
  • OAME
  • Oregon Action
  • Oregon Interiors
  • Pacific NW Regional Council of Carpenters
  • Peninsula Plumbing
  • Pitre Contracting Services
  • Portland General Electric
  • Portland Public Schools
  • Portland State University
  • Precision Countertops, Inc.
  • Professional Affordable Painting
  • R & H Construction
  • R R Donnelley
  • RBG Construction
  • RDF Construction
  • Rebuilding Center
  • Richart Family, Inc.
  • Ron Rust Drywall
  • S - 2 Contractors, Inc.
  • SD Deacon
  • Sharp & Associates, Inc.
  • Snyder Roofing
  • South Border Drywall
  • Stacey & Witbeck
  • Start to Finish Contractors
  • Straight UP Carpenter
  • T & T Construction
  • Tim Dixon Construction
  • Timberland, Inc.
  • Time Frame
  • Total Window & Door
  • Turner Construction Company
  • Twin City Glass
  • Unican Painting
  • Van Lom Construction
  • Walsh Construction Company
  • WCTC
  • West Coast Construction
  • West-Coast Gutter
  • Western Partitions, Inc.
  • Williams & Dame
  • Wood Mechanix
  • York & Curtis