The Comprehensive Training Program takes participants through each phase of the IAM Organizing Program. The class is assigned a target which is an actual overview of a company which has been organized by the IAM. The participants must take the target from the survey and research stage through an election plus negotiate a first contract. This programs is designed to give full time staff, the personal as well as the technical skills to be a successful organizer in the field.

The program is structured to enhance their abilities in the following areas:

Organizing & the Law
Setting up Local Lodge Organizing Teams
Targeting and Surveying a Company
Researching a Company
Using the IAM Organizing & Mapping Software
Dealing with Union Busters
Running the Blitz
Signing Petitions
Selecting & Training the Workplace Team
Using the NLRB
Election Day Strategies
Communicating with workers
Getting the first contract