FAQs

There will be an online application on the NMJCA website, similar to the NMYC application. After submitting, the Job ChalleNGe admission staff will reach out to assist you with the next steps and required documents.

Job ChalleNGe is a flexible 20-week program. The length depends on the completion of the pre-apprenticeship with UA Local 412.

NMJCA has a partnership with UA Local 412, which is a union. UA 412 teaches, trains, and places you in an apprenticeship with a contractor/employer. The training pathways are Plumbing, Pipefitting, HVAC, and Welding.

Yes, when in the pre-apprenticeship program, you will be provided with work pants, boots, and shirts. While on the JC facility site, you will be wearing the issued clothes/uniforms depending on the activity, such as PT, drill, etc.

After successfully completing acclimation and meeting the requirements to earn personal cell phone use, you will be permitted to use your cell phone.

Wake up, prepare for morning formation, breakfast/chow together, PT together, travel to classroom/training center or on-the-job training. Return to JCA, chow, evening formation, cleaning, studying, PT, preparations for the following day's work assignments, class, and eight core components work.

JCA has barracks; however, there are no bunk beds. There is increased privacy and space for each associate. The associate furniture separates the individual living spaces and includes a desk, a chair, a bed, a closet, and a storage area.