Carpenter Apprentice

 Over 4 ½ years. Apprentices will learn various skills used for building houses, commercial buildings, concrete structures, and industrial facilities. It’s likely that skilled journeymen carpenters partially built just about every building in your community. To be a carpenter is to be a member of one of the oldest and most respected trades. If you like working with tools and creating things by hand, you can build a career in carpentry that will last a lifetime. During this apprenticeship, the apprentice will spend 6,000 hours working on the job and 18 weeks of school. You are scheduled for 1 week of school per 3 months of work. This job is physically and mentally demanding. You will work with building materials such as wood, drywall, metal studs, and fasteners commonly used on construction job sites. You will be tasked to lift, carry, cut, and install various materials.