District Council 4 Painters and Allied Trades Industrial, Commercial & Residential Painting, Drywall Finishing & glazing

Become an affiliate Contractor and lead your industry

A Bold Future Awaits

District Council 4 knows what it takes to stay at the forefront of the Painting, Drywall Finishing and Glazing industries.

Training

Training is a key ingredient to the success of our members and contractors. All of our training is free to our contractors. Whether provided at a DC4 Training Facility or at your shop, we will be ready to supply the certifications and skills necessary for your workforce.

More Training

District Council 4 has training facilities in Buffalo and Cortland, New York. Each of our apprenticeship programs are registered with the New York State Department of Labor and require our apprentices to complete rigorous on-the-job and classroom training throughout a 3 or 4 year curriculum, depending on the trade.

A bridge in our Buffalo facility, with decking and containment, for training in all facets of Industrial Painting.

A classroom that used for computer-based and in-person learning.

A glazing mock-up where glazier apprentices can learn the skills necessary for the glazing trade.

A mock-up for drywall finishers, painters and glaziers can use to hone their skills.

Blasting equipment, including blast booth at our Buffalo Training Facility.

Our Cortland, New York Training Facility.

Even More Training

Here are just a few of the training classes that we offer on a regular basis. We also create new classes to accommodate our contractors.

LEAD/SILICA AWARENESS TRAINING
OSHA 10/30 – HOUR CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAM
OSHA 10/30 – HOUR GENERAL INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAM
AGMT (Architectural Glass and Metal Technician)
ASBESTOS
CONTRACTOR/SUPERVISOR
CONTRACTOR/SUPERVISOR UPDATE
WORKER/HANDLER
WORKER/HANDLER UPDATE
ALLIED TRADES
C-3 (SSPC)
C-5 (SSPC)
CAS (Coating Application Specialist)
CPR/AED 1ST AID
FALL PROTECTION (Overton/Army Corp of Engineers)
SCAFFOLDING TRAINING
CONFINED SPACE ENTRY
RIGGING & HOISTING – THE BASICS
RIGGING & HOISTING OVERTON SAFETY
ERGONOMICS
FORKLIFT/LULL TRAINING
MANLIFTING DEVICES
HAZARD COMMUNICATION GLOBAL HARMONIZED SYSTEM (GHS)
SOLVVENTS & HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
LOCKOUT/TAGOUT
MACHINE & MACHINE GUARDING
COMMUNICATION TRAINING
FOREMAN TRAINING
SUPERVISOR TRAINING PROGRAM
BLUEPRINT READING – INTRO
DRYWALL FINISHING
WALL COVERING
SPRAY PAINTING SAFETY AWARENSS
AIRLESS SPRAY SYSTEMS
CONVENTIONAL AIR SPRAY SYSTEMS
HIGH VOLUME LOW PRESSURE (HVLP)
ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY SYSTEMS
SPECIALTY PAINTING
SPONGE (HANDS – ON)
FAUX (HANDS – ON)
RAG (HANDS – ON)

Savings

In addition to our training programs, DC4 Affiliated Contractors realize additional cost savings:

DC4 contractors save 5-10% on workers compensation and payroll taxes due to our structured benefit packages.
Our shop and recovery agreements allow for wage flexibility.
Utilizing registered apprentices helps to lower payroll costs.
DC4's health and safety programs can lower a contractors EMR factor, lowering workers compensation costs on all projects.
DC4 affiliated contractors have access to a qualified workforce, allowing them to hire more employees as needed and laying off employees when they are not needed. This keeps payroll costs down during slower work seasons, but allows contractors to bid work without worrying about the size of their workforce.
Access to DC4's skilled Painters, Glaziers and Drywall Finishers means less lost time, less mistakes and more jobs completed on time and on budget.

No Cost

There are no dues or fees required to become an affiliated contractor.

Local

District Council 4 have Business Representatives and Business Development Specialists working throughout 33 counties of Western New York, Central New York, Rochester and the Finger Lakes, the Southern Tier and the North Country. We maintain offices in the following cities:

Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Ithaca
Cortland
Binghamton

Benefits

An affiliation is a simple way to offer benefits to employees, such as healthcare and retirement, as our benefit programs are already established and administered by District Council 4.

Marketing

District Council 4 is constantly promoting our contractors to general contractors, construction managers, developers, and end users.

The success of our organization is tied to the success of our contractors. Let us be your marketing team!

Advocate

District Council 4 advocates for our contractors and members by promoting training, certifications, and accreditations in our industries. Every year we host our Western & Central New York Coatings & Corrosion Forum for leaders in the water, wastewater and industrial coatings industries. We also host our Glass & Glazing Forum annually, bringing together vendors, architects, engineers and contractors in the glazing industry.

Here we are offering continuing education to engineers while promoting certifications and accreditations in the industrial coatings industry. Hosted by District Council 4 at our training center in Western NY.

An affiliated contractor at the Western and Central New York Glass and Glazing Expo. Hosted by District Council 4 at our training center in Western NY.

Architects and other industry leaders mingling at the WNY Glass and Glazing Expo. Hosted by District Council 4 at our training center in Western NY.

Engineers and other industry leaders mingling at the WNY Coatings and Corrosion Expo. Again, hosted by District Council 4 at our training center in Western NY.

How to affiliate with District Council #4?

For more information on how to become an affiliate, contact a DC4 Business Development Specialist:

District Council 4 Business Development Department: Frank Stento (fstento@dc4.org), Wes Schlossin (wschlossin@dc4.org), Guy Falsetti (gfalsetti@dc4.org), Don Meyers (dmeyers@dc4.org), Joe Guza (jguza@dc4.org)