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Carpentry Apprenticeship - Denver
Carpentry Apprenticeship - Denver
at Southwest Mountain States Carpenters
Denver Catalog
**BECOME A CARPENTER! **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. You will receive on-the-job training through employers who have agreements with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America—the largest building trades union in North America. You’ll also receive classroom instruction at a Southwest Mountain States Carpenters Training Fund training center throughout your apprenticeship. Once you join a union local, you will work under the protection of a union contract. This means you are guaranteed to earn while you learn, including getting regular wage increases as you accumulate classroom hours and on-the-job training time. You’ll be eligible for health insurance (medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision), and a pension plan to help you retire with dignity.
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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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$37,440
$56,350
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$27.09
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To become an apprentice, you must meet all of the following requirements:
- Be at least eighteen (18) years old (or 17 with parent/guardian approval),
- For certain trades and in certain states, have a high school diploma or GED,
- Be able to perform the work of the trade,
- Have your own transportation or a reliable way to get to job sites and apprenticeship classes.
- You do not need prior experience working on a job site or with hand tools or machinery.
- A valid government-issued photo ID (for example, a driver’s license or passport)
- Your Social Security card or, if you don’t have one, a Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card