Skills & Training: The construction contractor knows about the shortage of skilled construction workers better than anyone. A highly trained worker with years of on-the-job experience is a major asset to any project. As a member of LMCI there is a workforce available to provide you with both. The workers organized under the IUPAT are men and women who have completed years of apprenticeship training, have extensive jobsite experience and are working at the top of their form. They are knowledgeable in state-of-the-art material, tools and equipment through continued skills training on the journey level.

Our training centers across North America provide not only provide apprenticeships, but specific journey-level skills training and multi-craft training to our workers. Classes range from the technical intricacies of spray tip mechanisms to blueprint reading. Many opportunities are available for our workers to broaden and update their knowledge and skills to continually provide our signatory contractors with a workforce that is current in today’s trends.

LMCI member contractors have immediate access to skilled crafts workers through our market responsive agreements. Our member contractors have the ability to bid on projects across North America utilizing our nationally maintained database that matches our crafts workers with contractors.

The LMCI was created to promote the working relationship between labor and management. Working together with the National Finishing Contractors Association (FCA) and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) we develop services and programs to benefit both Labor and Management. Read the National FCA Strategic Plan

The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades’ (IUPAT’s) top priority is building membership in the labor organization with skilled craft workers. For a detailed description of LMCI’s goals read our mission statement and strategic plan. The IUPAT is reaching out to potential members constantly. The IUPAT promotes construction crafts work as a solid career path for today's youth through pre-apprentice and apprenticeship programs, plus school-to-work efforts.