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Carpentry Apprenticeship
Carpentry Apprenticeship
at Southwest Mountain States Carpenters Training Fund
Inland Empire Catalog
We’re Southwest Mountain States Carpenters—over 50,000 men and women proudly building America and helping keep it strong. Completing one of our apprenticeship programs is the best way to start your Carpenter career. Through our earn-as-you-learn apprenticeship approach, you have an extraordinary opportunity to learn in-demand construction skills. You can earn a good, living wage for you and your family—right from the start.
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Carpenters
Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood and comparable materials, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; and wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall, and batt or roll insulation. Includes brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways.
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$37,860
$62,210
$96,530
$18.2
$29.91
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GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION
- You must bring your own hand tools to the job site, and to the classroom when attending training.
- You’ll be scheduled to start classroom instruction three months after entering your apprenticeship program.
- You must attend 160 hours of trade-related classroom instruction per year.
- You must purchase the books you will need for classroom training. (There is no cost to you for the training itself—either on-the-job or in the classroom.)
- A first-period apprentice’s wages are usually 40% of a Journey Worker’s wages but may differ based on the state in which you work and your trade.
- Our apprenticeship programs are approved for on-the-job training benefits for military veterans who qualify.
- The program does not offer summer or part-time employment.