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Posted December 12, 2025

📅 LOCAL 507 IMPORTANT UPDATES

  • December Monthly Membership Meeting — CANCELED
  • 🎄 December 24 & 25 — HOLIDAYS
  • 🛠️ December 26 — DDO
  • 🎉 January 1 — HOLIDAY
  • 🛠️ January 2 — DDO

Mark your calendars — don’t miss out!

⚠️ STAY DISPATCH-READY!

Certification Requirements for Journeyman Commercial Painters:

REQUIRED NOW:

  • Booms & Lifts
  • Fall Protection w/ Ladder Safety
  • Harassment Training

REQUIRED BY JANUARY 1, 2026:

  • OSHA 10 or OSHA 30
  • Scaffold Training

STAR CLASSES — SIGN UP BEFORE THEY FILL!

(Spoiler: many already are!

(The Full classes you can try to walk in)

(Walk ins do not count for Star Event)

📍 SAN JOSE LOCAL

  1. Jan 10, 2026 — OSHA 30A (FULL)
  2. Jan 31, 2026 — Fall Protection (FULL)
  3. Feb 7, 2026 — OSHA 30B (FULL)
  4. Feb 28, 2026 — First Aid/CPR/AED & Heat Illness/Stress (AVAILABLE!)
  5. Mar 14, 2026 — First Aid/CPR/AED & Heat Illness/Stress (FULL)
  6. Mar 21, 2026 — OSHA 30C (FULL)
  7. Mar 28, 2026 — First Aid/CPR/AED & Heat Illness/Stress (FULL)
  8. Apr 25, 2026 — OSHA 30D (FULL)

📍 WATSONVILLE LOCAL

  1. Dec 20, 2025 — OSHA 30A (FULL)
  2. Feb 21, 2026 — Fall Protection (AVAILABLE!)
  3. Feb 28, 2026 — OSHA 30A (ALMOST FULL!)
  4. May 2, 2026 — First Aid/CPR/AED & Heat Illness/Stress (FULL)
  5. May 9, 2026 — OSHA 30B (AVAILABLE!)
  6. May 16, 2026 — Fall Protection (AVAILABLE!)
  7. Jun 13, 2026 — OSHA 30C (AVAILABLE!)

Jun 26, 2026 — OSHA 30D (AVAILABLE!)

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