NEW TALENT
Congratulations to the first Maintenance
Apprenticeship Program Graduates
T
he new Maintenance Apprenticeship
Program (MAP) launched earlier
this summer through the Apartment
Association of Metro Denver. 24
students were enrolled in the first of five sessions.
Over 80% of the students graduated from the
program now most have full time jobs in the
apartment industry.
MAP was created to help fill the current
void of maintenance professionals and has been
designed to train and eq uip candidates with the
skills necessary for the growing multifamily in-
dustry. In partnership with Emily Griffith Tech-
nical College and the Colorado Department of
Labor and Employment, this program places
newly recruited talent through six weeks of
skilled hands-on training and on-site job expe-
rience. Students must successfully complete 48
hours of in-class learning and 96 hours as an
on-site apprentice.
cording to the second quarter Apartment In-
sights Construction report, 33,775 apartments
are under construction. Based on this report, it
is estimated that 374 maintenance jobs will need
to be filled by the end of 2018.
The Apartment Association of Metro Den-
ver is covering the $70,000 in tuition assistance
to put 100 students through the program at no
cost to them.
The Apartment Association of Metro Den-
ver received 93 applications for the July session
and over 100 for the September session. Students
completed the apprenticeship portion of MAP
at different apartment communities throughout
Denver represented by nine property manage-
ment companies. Those management companies
include: Alliance Residential, Aviva Properties,
Camden, Echelon Property Group, Mission
Rock Residential, IMT Residential, PK Manage-
ment, Simpson Housing and Blue Sky Lofts.
If you are interested in learning more about
or participating in MAP, please contact Lisa
Godbehere for more information.
SEE MORE
VISIT WWW.AAMDHQ.ORG/NEWS OR SCAN
THE QR CODE BELOW TO SEE A VIDEO WITH
PICTURES AND INTERVIEWS FROM THE
MAP GRADUATION
There will be four additional sessions held
with Emily Griffith Technical College by June
30, 2018. The goal is to have 20 students, per
session, for a total of 100 enrolled students. Ac-
www.aamdhq.org
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