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General Carpentry Apprenticeship
General Carpentry Apprenticeship
at Ohio Carpenters’ Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program
Dayton Catalog
Today’s union commercial carpenter is the product of comprehensive, unmatched training. Attention to safety and health is stressed constantly, because of the machinery, tools, materials and equipment used in this trade. Our training will teach you to measure, saw, level and in general work with a host of building materials. Your training will focus on becoming proficient with the tools and strategies and cognitive skills needed to build everything from schools, churches and hotels to skyscrapers, hospitals, office buildings and prisons. General carpenters provide the crucial foundation for concrete, exteriors, roofs, infrastructure, and scaffolding while also crafting fine trim and finish work. These professionals work with a variety of materials in every kind of structure; they are responsible for bringing blueprints to life. The General Carpenters Apprenticeship training includes:
- Power tools, hand tools
- Introduction to carpentry
- Safety
- Concrete formwork
- Interior systems
- Layout
- Framing
- Welding for carpentry
- Heavy gauge steel
- Roof framing
- Interior finish
- Stair layout
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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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