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Woodworking & Fabrication
at Brooklyn Woods
New York City Catalog
Brooklyn Woods offers free training to unemployed and low-income New Yorkers in woodworking and fabrication in NYC. We provide our trainees with a solid foundation for a career in woodworking, cabinetmaking, and fabrication. Brooklyn Woods trains unemployed and low-income New Yorkers who face barriers to launching their careers. The ideal applicant has a strong interest in a long-term career in woodworking. Because we screen hundreds of applicants each year for about 60 training slots, please visit our Apply page to see if you’re a good fit before attending an information session.
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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.
Showing wage data for: New York, NY
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$36,160
$51,390
$89,950
$17.39
$24.71
$43.25
Admissions
To be eligible you must meet the following criteria:
- New York City resident and legally eligible to work in the US 21 years of age or older Unemployed, low-income, or receiving public assistance.
- Able to pass an 8th-grade level reading test and a 6th-grade level math test.
- Physically fit, able to work on your feet for hours, and able to lift and move heavy items including wood, tools, and sheets of material that can weigh 70+ lbs.
- Have some background working with your hands, with tools, in a trade, or as a laborer Demonstrate a commitment to utilizing the training to work in the field of woodworking or a related business for at least two years NYS driver’s license preferred, but not required