Employment Assistance
~ “The primary objective of District Department of Transportation’s On-the-Job Training Program is to provide training opportunities for women, minorities, and disadvantaged persons which will increase their participation in every job classification in the highway construction industry.”
~ “The goal is to successfully place individuals in the program as trainees and to provide them with the required training to reach journeyman status.”
~ Trade areas in the program include: Carpenter – Bridge/Highway, Cement Mason, Concrete Finisher, Construction Worker – Bridge/Highway, Electrical-Highway/Street Light, Form Setter, Iron Worker Reinforcing – Bridge, Iron Worker – Structural, Painter – Steel Bridge, Pile Driver, Pipe Layer, Stone Mason.
~ Trainees will be paid at least trainee minimum wage,
~Eligibility requirements:
- The applicant must be a minimum of eighteen (18) years of age
- The applicant must be in good health
- The applicant must be able to pass a drug screening test;
- The applicant cannot be a current college student on a seasonal break from classes and use the OJT program as a summer employment opportunity
- No applicant will be accepted as a trainee in any classification for which he/she has successfully completed a course leading to journey worker status or in which he/she has been gainfully employed
~You can apply in person at the Business Opportunity and Workforce Development Center, 55 M Street, SE, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20003
ddot.dc.gov/page/job-training-program
55 M Street, SE, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20003
(202) 673-6813
Last updated: 08.16.19
