Success Stories

Success Stories

Casey T (35)
“I took Chalie’s course in 4 months while working a full timewarehouse job which paid $6.50 per hour. After completing the course, I went to work in Detroit on a Union job. Two days later, I received a Journeyman Bricklayers Card, and was paid at the rate of $27.63 per hour on my check, plus an extra $12.00 in benefits. I WANTED MORE MONEY and I was seeing, first hand, how desperately this Masonry Industry needs good masons, who have a little common business sense! Now I’m a Specialty Masonry Contractor in Minnesota. Thank you Charlie.”

 

John B (40)
“This course has allowed me to learn a valuable trade and to do something that I really enjoy doing. I now take pride in what I do. I work for myself as a Specialty MasonryContractor. Thanks Charlie.”

 

Brandon H (22)
“I dropped out of High School at 16. After taking Charlie’s course, I got a union job as an Improver because of my age. (I could lay brick and block better than most Journeymen Masons I was working with). One afternoon, I stopped for gas, and as a man walked past my truck, he noticed my bricklaying tools in the back of my truck. This man owned aModular Home Dealership. He told me he was having a very hard time finding a blocklayer to lay his foundation block under his modular homes; after he sold them. He asked me if I’d be interested in laying them for $3.00 each, labor only. He furnished all the equipment, materials, and even furnished a Mason helper. I didn’t have to buy anything. The fact that I don’t even have a High School Diploma or GED education didn’t even come up. I knew that I could easily lay 300-600 or more blocks per day. That’s $900-$1800 per day. That’s a whole lot more than $20 per hour, plus benefits as an Improver Union Bricklayer. I don’t know what percentage of more money that is and I don’t care! i know that $900-$1800 per day is more than $200-$250 a day. I’ll buy my own benefits! Thanks Charlie!”

 

Ralph S (60)
“I was 54 years old when I took this course. Now I am a Specialty Masonry Contractor, in New Mexico. Thanks Charlie.”

 

Robert R (75)
” I guess your never too old to learn a new profession. I love this work and wish I had started it 60 years ago. Thank you Charlie.”