Project Management and Operations Specialist

Raymond LeVangie III, MBA

Nearly two decades in Southern California’s mechanical trades, on the job site and in the classroom.

Raymond is a construction project manager and apprenticeship leader. He taught for ten years at the Apprentice & Journeymen Training Trust Fund before becoming its Executive Director, leading curriculum and instruction for plumbing and piping apprentices and journeymen across Southern California. At Eleven Tenths he manages projects and operations for training programs that connect learners to high-demand careers.

Where he has done the work

  • Executive Director, Apprentice & Journeymen Training Trust Fund, 2018 to 2020, after ten years as an instructor there
  • Project manager on mechanical construction projects for one of California’s major mechanical contractors since 2020
  • BIM Lead from 2014 to 2017, and before that a detailer and engineer for mechanical contractors in Southern California
  • Organizer for UA Local 398 Plumbers & Steamfitters in Rancho Cucamonga, working on organizing, recruitment and business development
Education
  • MBA University of Redlands
Licenses and certifications
  • Journey Level Plumber NITC
  • Journey Level Pipefitter-Steamfitter NITC
  • Medical gas ASSE 6050 Instructor and ASSE 6010 Installer
  • UA Instructor Training Program Graduate, 2011
Training trust leadership

From the classroom to running the training trust

Raymond spent ten years teaching at the Apprentice & Journeymen Training Trust Fund, helping develop curriculum and teaching CAD, QuickPen, design and layout, plumbing code, pipefitting drawing, and medical gas installation and brazing. He held a California Career Technical Education teaching credential in Building Trades and Construction from 2013 to 2018.

As Executive Director from 2018 to 2020 he led curriculum development and instruction for plumbing and piping apprentices and journeymen across Southern California. The trust has partnered with the Los Angeles Unified School District for more than 20 years and with Allan Hancock College for more than 10.

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