Apprenticeship Training Program
The Apprenticeship program is a four year, formalized training program. Apprentices must attend 640+ hours of related technical classroom instruction and up to 8,000 hours of on-the-job practical training to graduate.
The apprenticeship program is designed to thoroughly develop the talents and skills of up-and-coming carpenters. The program is a combination of classroom and shop learning as well as jobsite employment. Apprentices attend classes for one week every three months, a system designed to accommodate the needs of contractors and apprentices alike. Apprentices are required to work a minimum number of hours on a jobsite per year. As a result, apprentices are continuously building upon their knowledge and skill base while solidifying these lessons in a practical jobsite setting.
The program allows carpenter apprentices to earn wages and benefits that enable them to provide for themselves and their families, while learning from the most experienced professionals both in the classroom and on-site. Typically, apprentices start around 50% of the journeyworker pay scale. As their training progresses, apprentices earn more until they become full carpenters, called “journeymen,” and are then paid at the journeymen rate.
Carpenter’s Union
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters is North America’s largest building-trades union, with more than a half-million members in the construction and wood-products industries.
We recognize that for the union to remain strong, our signatory contractors need to succeed in today’s highly competitive marketplace – and our signatory contractors do that with workers committed to safety, productivity, and the proud legacy of our Brotherhood.
Skills, safety, and productivity have brought our members fair wages, good benefits, and dignity in work and retirement since the Brotherhood was founded in 1881.
North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
The North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters represents carpenters, pile drivers, shop and millmen, and floorcoverers working in New England and New York State. There are over 1,500 contractors who have signed agreements with the NASRCC – and more are signing every day. We believe that well-paid, well-trained carpenters mean well-made, safe and long-lasting construction.
Skill Enhancement Training
Our Skill Enhancement Training Program provides hands-on evening and weekend classes covering a wide range of carpentry skills, general knowledge, certification, and safety classes. Whether you are an apprentice or a journeyman, these classes will help you advance your career and keep your skills current as the construction industry changes. Our training helps members advance on the jobsite from carpenter to crew leader, to foreman, to superintendent – perhaps even setting the stage for you to establish your own Union contracting company some day.