OPCMIA BUSINESS MODEL

Opening Doors to the Futurein Today’s Construction Industry

by Raising CompaniesAbove Their Competition!

What can your business do to increase profitability and market share, and make

your bottom line more attractive?

Start a business relationship with the Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ International Association,

“the OPCMIA”.

The OPCMIA provides:

1. Higher quality and productivity

2. Certified apprenticeship programs

3. A safer workforce

4. Higher skill levels

5. Better supervision

6. And lower benefit costs

Members of the OPCMIA must abide by the most strict

“Code of Conduct”.

Profitability• No longer will you have to

keep people employed when you don’t need them, out of fear that they will go elsewhere.

• As contractor/employer, you retain the right to hire and discharge at your discretion.

• You pick your workforce – maximizing your profitability.

Field Supervisory Personnel• OPCMIA tradesmen are

knowledgeable in all aspects of their trades, including:

• blueprint reading• layout• scheduling• ordering materials• etc.

• The OPCMIA has over 45,000 members within the U.S. & Canada, including many who are bilingual.

Market Opportunities

Being an OPCMIA contractor increases your work opportunities within the industry by making you eligible to compete for projects that require union labor.

Allow the OPCMIA to show youhow our relationship can increase your

Profit Margins!• By utilizing Composite Crews with Journeymen, Apprentices,

and Trainees• Utilizing our experienced supervisory personnel• Lowering your workmen’s compensation rates• Decreasing your tax burden• Taking advantage of OPCMIA Journeyman upgrade training

& certification as well as apprenticeship training at NO COST TO YOU.

• Making the OPCMIA benefit package an incentive to your workforce, and reducing your H.R. costs at the same time!

• PLA’s

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APPRENTICESHIP

• JATC• Funding• National Standards / DOL• Red Seal / Canada• Assessment • OJL• Instructor Training / NLC• Training Centers

Book One• UNIT 1 Industry Orientations• UNIT 2 Production and History of Cement• UNIT 3 Health and Safety• UNIT 4 Fundamental of Math• UNIT 5 Measuring• UNIT 6 Blueprint Reading• UNIT 7 Estimating• UNIT 8 Concrete Ingredients• UNIT 9 Designing Concrete Mixes• UNIT 10 Specifications and Testing• UNIT 11 Forming Tools• UNIT 12 Hand Tools: Special Tools• UNIT 13 Surface Defects and Treatments• UNIT 14 Placing and Leveling Concrete 

Book Two• UNIT 1 Soil Conditions and Sub-grade Preparation• UNIT 2 Edge Forms on Grade• UNIT 3 On-Grade Curb and Curb & Gutter Forms• UNIT 4 Screeds and Bulkheads• UNIT 5 Finishing Floors• UNIT 6 Sidewalks and Patios• UNIT 7 Drives, Approaches, Curbs and Curbs & Gutters• UNIT 8 Joints in Concrete• UNIT 9 Pavements• UNIT 10 Curing and Protection• UNIT 11 Steps• UNIT 12 Levels and Transits• UNIT 13 Site Layout

Book Three• UNIT 1 Small Engine Operation and Maintenance• UNIT 2 Structural Repair• UNIT 3 Structural Grout• UNIT 4 Sealants• UNIT 5 Shotcrete• UNIT 6 Power Screeds• UNIT 7 Trowel Machines • UNIT 8 Super Flat Floors• UNIT 9 Tilt-up Panels• UNIT 10 Epoxy Floors and Specialty Coatings• UNIT 11 Exposed Aggregate & Decorative Finishes• UNIT 13 Decorative Saw Cutting• UNIT 14 Stenciling & Imprinting• UNIT 15 Chemical Staining• UNIT 12 Underlayment/Overlayment• UNIT 16 Abrasive Blasting• UNIT 17 Pervious concrete

New Curriculum

• Pervious Concrete

• Concrete Polishing

• Green Building Awareness

SAFETY & HEALTH

TRAIN THE TRAINER COURSES

• CONFINED SPACE• 40 HOUR HAZ–WASTE• CPR FIRST AID• SCAFFOLDING• RESPIRTORY PROTECTION• FALL PROTECTION• OSHA 500 (10 and 30 Hour)• HAZARD COMMUNICATION

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Job Corps

Jim LeePlasterers’ and Cement Masons’ Job Corps Training

Program

“From Helmets to Hardhats”

Become an OPCMIA Powerhouse!

Great Value and Opportunity are what you get with the

OPCMIA relationship!

Don’t just partner with anyone;

Partner with the OPCMIA

Call the Local OPCMIA Representative

OPERATIVE PLASTERERS’ AND CEMENT MASONS’ INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

11720 Beltsville Drive, Suite 700Beltsville, MD 20705Ph: 301-623-1000Fax: 301-623-1032

Links: OPCMIA Website Code of Conduct