February 25, 2026
If you’re an OPCMIA Steel Edge Woman, the OPCMIA International Training Fund’s partner, Rowan University, is holding a webinar just for you: The Power of Education […]
February 4, 2026
The 2026 OPCMIA Apprentice competitions were won by Local 404 member Jerrison Moore, who took first place in the cement masonry competition and Local 300 member Ricardo Vidaurri, who won first place in the plastering competition. Congratulations to Brother Moore and Brother Vidaurri!
November 26, 2025
The OPCMIA International Training Fund (ITF) has launched an innovative partnership with Rowan University’s Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering to advance OPCMIA members’ educational and career opportunities by gaining the skills to lead and manage projects in the construction industry.
June 3, 2025
The Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ International Association International Training Fund (OPCMIA-ITF), in collaboration with Sto Corp., conducted an EIFS Train-the-Trainer program in Atlanta, Georgia, from May 20–22, 2025.
August 29, 2024
The OPCMIA International Training Fund provides uniform, state-of-the-art, world-class training in our crafts – cement masonry and plastering. It combines classroom instruction with hands-on experience to ensure that our members are the most skilled craftspeople anywhere.
April 27, 2024
At the OPCMIA International Training Fund, we believe that every worker has the fundamental right to return home from the jobsite safely and in good health each and every day. That’s why health and safety is at the core of our mission.
March 8, 2024
To ensure that we supply the skilled plasterers, cement masons and shop hands our industry urgently needs in the coming years, it is essential that more women join our union and learn our crafts.
October 10, 2023
For more than 10 years, OPCMIA Local 633’s Joint Apprentice Training Committee (JATC) has been conducting a model, highly successful pre-apprenticeship programs in partnership with area Indian Tribes, giving Native Americans the opportunity to learn cement masonry and gain access to lifelong careers as OPCMIA members.
September 1, 2023
September is Suicide Prevention Month. But for all of us in the OPCMIA International Training Fund and for all OPCMIA members, every month—indeed, every single day—requires constant vigilance about preventing suicide.