Ben Garcia
Ben Garcia is the Executive Director of the Apprenticeship Readiness Fund, the nonprofit division of the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building & Construction Trades Council. Mr. Garcia is responsible for leading the Fund, with a mission to sustain high-quality Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3) Apprenticeship Readiness Programs throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
Before joining the Fund in 2019, Mr. Garcia spent 15 years developing, coordinating, instructing and managing pre-apprenticeship programs across Southern California. During that time, he consulted on and developed pre-apprenticeship programs nationwide. Mr. Garcia also has over 25 years of experience in the construction industry, serving as a journey-level tradesman, contractor, and building consultant.
Mr. Garcia is the current Chair of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Career Technical Education Advisory Committee and is an active member of the Southern California Apprenticeship Coordinators Association. He is certified in MC3 program implementation from North America’s Building Trades Union in partnership with the University of Michigan and is a trained Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Outreach instructor through OSHA’s Rocky Mountain Outreach Training Institute, in partnership with the University of Utah School of Medicine.
In 2023, Ben received the Abram Friedman Award from the California Council on Adult Education for his work on high-road construction career pathways.
Before joining the Fund in 2019, Mr. Garcia spent 15 years developing, coordinating, instructing and managing pre-apprenticeship programs across Southern California. During that time, he consulted on and developed pre-apprenticeship programs nationwide. Mr. Garcia also has over 25 years of experience in the construction industry, serving as a journey-level tradesman, contractor, and building consultant.
Mr. Garcia is the current Chair of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Career Technical Education Advisory Committee and is an active member of the Southern California Apprenticeship Coordinators Association. He is certified in MC3 program implementation from North America’s Building Trades Union in partnership with the University of Michigan and is a trained Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Outreach instructor through OSHA’s Rocky Mountain Outreach Training Institute, in partnership with the University of Utah School of Medicine.
In 2023, Ben received the Abram Friedman Award from the California Council on Adult Education for his work on high-road construction career pathways.
