Announcements

Apprentices from the Quad-Cities Joint Apprentice Training Committee, consisting of UBC Local 4, Davenport, IA; Local 166, Milan, IL and Local 678, Dubuque, IA, will showcase their skills as they compete against each other in the May 17 annual Union Carpenters Apprentice Contest

The competition will take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Carpenter Training Center, 479 27th St. in East Moline, IL.
The event is free and open to the public.

Fourth-year New Jersey apprentices will faceoff against one another in the Union Carpenter Apprentice Skills Competition '08 on Saturday June 14th from 9:00am - 5:00pm at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
The event will also feature construction industry exhibits with the latest in construction technology, tools, materials and services in addition to technical lectures on the installation of ceilings, flooring, metal studs and more.
Pre-registration is strongly recommended. It includes admission, complimentary lunch, seminars and a chance to win a one-night stay at Harrah's.

Carpenters Local 306 will be holding informational meetings open to all carpenters regardless of their Union affiliation at Spooky’s Pizza, 3320 W. Sixth St., The Dalles, Oregon, on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.
The purpose is to discuss job opportunities and issues pertaining to apprenticeship and training.

The Carpenters Training Committee has announced that open carpentry apprentice application procedures are in effect for the 46 Northern California Counties.

Application forms are available from the Employment Development Department and Local Union offices, including Carpenters Local #35 at 647 Lindaro Street, San Rafael, 415-453-9236.
For more information, please see: Applying for an Apprenticeship Program; Apprenticeship FAQ's or call 925-462-9640.

Carpenters Local No. 180 in Vallejo, CA, is accepting applications for apprentice carpenters. Apply at 404 Nebraska St., Suite A. For more information, please call 707-644-1040.
Information on applications for millwrights, shinglers, scaffold erectors, pile drivers, acoustical installers, insulation applicators and hardwood floor layers is available by calling 707-399-2880.
Application forms are also available from any state Employment Development Department office.

Carpenters Local No. 605 at 751 Neeson Road in Marina, CA has an open application procedure in effect for Carpentry Apprenticeships in Monterey, Santa Clara, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties. Active, qualified applicant lists will be maintained from these applications for work opportunities in these counties.
Application forms are available at Local 605's office or any Employment Development Department location. For more information call: 831-883-1931.

Carpenters Local 283 is accepting applications for carpenter apprenticeships at 516 Skyview Dr. in Augusta, Georgia.

Minimum qualifications:

►Must be age 18 or older
►Must have HS diploma or GED
►Must have copy of birth certificate
►Must be physically able to work at the trade
►Minimum starting wage $10.98/Hour+Benefits
►Training consists of Classroom and on-the-job training

More information will be available at time of application. Call 706-722-7174 to schedule a time. If no answer, please leave name and phone number. Someone will contact you.

The Indiana-Kentucky Regional Council of Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund, with locations in Hobart, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Muncie, Newburgh, Seymour, Terre Haute, Warsaw and Louisville, KY, is accepting applications for carpenter, millwright, and/or floor coverer apprenticeships.
For more information, please call 317-549-9417.

The Empire State Carpenters Apprenticeship Committee, Region 4 (Rochester), is recruiting carpenter apprentices through January, 20, 2009. Applications are available from the Union Office at 21 Jet View Drive in Rochester, NY, 9 am to noon, on the third Tuesday of every month. They must be completed on the premises.
Applicants must:

►Be at least 18 years old - proof required after acceptance into the program.
►Have a high school or equivalency diploma - proof required after acceptance into the program.
►Pass a math test and measurement computation test.
►Live within Monroe, Wayne, and Livingston Counties and parts of Ontario and Wyoming Counties.
►Have a reliable means of transportation to and from work and apprentice school – signed statement required.
►Sign a statement declaring they are physically able to do the work.
►Pass a drug test, at the committee’s expense, at the time of employment.

For further information, applicants should contact the New York State Department of Labor office located nearest their home or the Local Union at 585-436-1110.

The Empire State Carpenters Apprenticeship Committee, Local 11, will conduct a carpenter apprenticeship recruitment from January 3 through December 30, 2008. Applications will be available at 14 Saw Mill River Rd., Hawthorne, NY and 52 Stone Castle Road, Rock Tavern, Tuesdays and Thursdays,1 - 4 pm.
Applicants must:

►Be at least 17 years old.
►Have a high school or general equivalency diploma – transcript required from the school.
►Have lived for at least six months in Columbia, Westchester, Rockland, or Putnam County..
►Have reliable transportation to and from various job sites and apprentice school.
►Be physically able to do the work.
►Be willing to join the Union and sign and comply with an indenture agreement if accepted for the program.
►Take a post employment drug test at an approved facility at the Union’s expense.

For further info, contact the nearest NYS Department of Labor office or the Union at 845-567-1810.

The Empire State Carpenters Apprenticeship Committee, Local 11, will conduct a recruitment for lather apprentices from March 1 through August 30, 2008.
Applications will be available at 14 Saw Mill River Rd., Hawthorne, NY and at 52 Stone Castle Road, Rock Tavern, Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1 - 4 pm.

►Be at least 17 years old.
►Have a high school or general equivalency diploma – transcript required from the school.
►Have lived for at least six months in Columbia, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan or Ulster County.
►Have reliable transportation to and from various job sites and apprentice school.
►Be physically able to do the work.
►Be willing to join the Union and sign and comply with an indenture agreement if accepted for the program.
►Take a post employment drug test at an approved facility at the Union’s expense.

For further information, applicants should contact the NYS Department of Labor office nearest their home or the Local at 914-592-0466 and 845-567-1810.

Local 19 will be recruiting linoleum, resilient tile and carpet layer apprentices from Jan. 3 through December 30, 2008. Applications will be available from the following Union locations:
• 52 Stone Castle Road in Rock Tavern, NY on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1 - 4 pm
• 27 Warehouse Row, Albany, every Thursday, from noon to 4 pm
• 21 Jet View Drive, Rochester, every third Tuesday, from 9 am to noon
• 3195 Vickery Road, Syracuse, the first Thursday of the month, from 1 - 4 pm.
Local 19 will also be recruiting carpenter apprentices Jan. 3 through Dec. 30, 2008. Applications for the carpentry apprenticeships will only be available from the Local at 52 Stone Castle Road in Rock Tavern, Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 1 to 4 pm.
Requirements for both apprenticeship recruitments include:

►Be at least 17 years old.
►Have a high school or general equivalency diploma – transcript required from the school.
►Have been a NYS resident for at least six months.
►Have reliable transportation to and from work sites and apprentice school.
►Be physically able to do the work.
►Be willing to join the Union, and sign and comply with an indenture agreement -- if accepted for the program.
►Take a post employment drug test at an approved facility at the Union’s expense.

For more into, contact the nearest NYS Department of Labor office or the Local at 845-567-1810

The Empire State Carpenters Apprenticeship Committee for Local 66 will be recruiting carpenter apprentices through September 18, 2008.
Applications are available at the Local's office at 112 South Third St., Olean, NY from 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., the third Wednesday of each month during the recruitment period.
Applicants must:

►Be at least 18 years old.
►Have a high school or general equivalency diploma.
►Live within Allegany, Cattaraugus or Chautauqua Counties..
►Be willing to attend apprentice school for one week in Rochester.
►Be physically able to do the work as determined by a physician.
►Take a drug test at the sponsor’s expense at the time of indenture.

For further information, applicants should contact the New York State Department of Labor office located nearest their home or the Local Union at 716--372-5009.

The Empire State Carpenters Apprenticeship Committee for Local 281 (Elmira) will be recruiting carpentry apprentices through September 17, 2008. Applications are available at the Local's Office at 181 Industrial Park Road in Horseheads, NY from 8 am to 3:30 pm the second and third Wednesdays of each month.
• Local 281 will accept apprenticeship applications at its office at 23 Market St. in Binghamton, NY from 8 am to noon on the the second and third Wednesday of each month from Nov. 14, 2007- Oct. 15, 2008.
• Local 281 is also conducting recruitment for apprentices January 8 through December 2, 2008, in Ithaca, NY. Applications will be available at the Local, 701 West State Street, Ithaca, from noon to 4 pm, on the first Tuesday of each month.
Applicants must:

►Be at least 18 years old.
►Have a high school or general equivalency diploma – transcript or certificate required after acceptance into the program.
►Take a math and measurement computation test.
►Have reliable transportation to and from various job sites across south-central New York
►Sign an affidavit that they are physically capable of doing the work, which includes lifting up to 50 pounds, working at heights from scaffolding and working in extreme heat and cold.
►Take a post-employment drug test at an approved facility at the Union's expense.
►Be able and willing to attend instruction for four one-week periods at an Empire State Carpenters Regional Training facility.

For further information, applicants should contact the New York State Department of Labor office located nearest their home or Local 281 at 607-739-4685 (Elmira); 607-733-7542 (Ithaca) or 607-729-0224 (Binghamton).

The Empire State Regional Council of Carpenters Local 289 will be recruiting apprentices from Feb. 5, 2008 through February 3, 2009. Applications will be available from Local offices at:
• 1159 Maryvale Drive, Cheektowaga, NY or
• Trott Access Center, Worksource One Center, Portage Rd and 11th Street, Niagara Falls
from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., the first Tuesday of each month during the recruitment period.
Applicants must:

►Be at least 18 years old.
►Have a high school or general equivalency diploma.
►Must pass UBC Qualifying Math and Measurement Computation Test.
►Have lived within the local's geographic jurisdiction for at least six months prior to recruitment – Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming Counties.
►Be willing to attend apprentice school in Rochester.
►Have reliable transportation to and from work and school.
►Sign an affidavit stating they are physically able to do the work.
►Take a drug test at the sponsor’s expense at time of employment.

For further information, applicants should contact the NY State Labor Department office located nearest their home or Local 289 at 716-632-3080.

The Empire State Carpenters Apprenticeship Committee for Local 370 is recruiting apprentices through November 29. Applications may be obtained from the Local at 27 Warehouse Row in Albany, NY during the hours of 12pm to 4 pm every Thursday during the recruitment period - excluding holidays.

Requirements for applicants include:

►Be at least 17 years old
►Have a high school or general equivalency diploma - transcript required
►Live in Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie, Greene, Saratoga, Washington, or Warren County
►Have transportation to various job sites and related instructional classes – signed affidavit required
►Sign an affidavit stating physically able to do the work
►Submit to drug screening, at the sponsor’s expense, after acceptance into the program
►If a veteran, present a copy of their DD 214 after acceptance for the program
►Be willing to join the Union and sign and comply with an indenture agreement – if accepted into the program.

For more information, applicants may contact the Apprenticeship Program at
518-438-0901 or the Department of Labor office nearest their home.

UBC Local 747 is accepting carpenter apprenticeship applications through November 6, 2008. Applications are available from the Local's office at 137 East Main St., in Gouverneur, NY and/or the Training Center at 3195 Vickery Road in N. Syracuse during the hours of 1 to 4 pm on the first Thursday of each month.
Requirements include:

►Be at least 18 years old.
►Have a high school or general equivalency diploma.
►Have a reliable transportation to and from work and apprentice school.
►Sign an affidavit stating they are physically able to do the work.
►If a veteran, present a copy of their DD214 after acceptance for the program.

For further information, applicants may contact the NYS Department of Labor office located nearest their home, the Local at 315-788-2790 or the Training Center at315-455-6463.

Millwrights Local 1163 is recruiting millwright apprentices through November 20, 2008. Applications must be completed on the premises. They are available at the following NY locations and times:
►112-118 South Third St., Olean, the third Wednesday of every month from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m.
►21 Jet View Drive, Rochester, the third Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon
►23 Market Street, Binghamton, the third Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
►181 Industrial Park Road, Horseheads, the third Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
►1159 Maryvale Drive, Cheektowaga, the first Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon
►3195 Vickery Road, North Syracuse, the first Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m.
►3235 Bleecker Street, Utica, the first Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m.
►197 Stone Street, Watertown, the first Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m.
►23 Elm Street, Suite 300, Plattsburgh, every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m.
►27 Warehouse Row, Albany, every Thursday from noon to 4 p.m.
►52 Stone Castle Road, Suite 1, Rock Tavern, every Tuesday and Thursday from 1 - 3:30 p.m.
Requirements:

►Be at least 18 years old.
►Have a high school or equivalency diploma.
►Pass a math test and measurement computation test.
►Live within the Local's geographic jurisdiction -- Monroe, Wayne, and Livingston Counties and parts of Ontario and Wyoming Counties.
►Have a reliable means of transportation to and from work and apprentice school – signed statement required.
►Sign a statement declaring they are physically able to do the work.
►Pass a drug test, at the committee’s expense, at the time of employment.
►Provide proof of age and education after acceptance into the program.

For further information, applicants may contact the New York State Department of Labor office located nearest their home or the Local at 585-436-1110.

		The Boston Carpenters Apprenticeship and Training Fund is offering free English as a Second Language classes for all levels Thursdays, 5 to 8pm. There are immediate openings for members of the Allston-Brighton community.
The Boston Carpenters Apprenticeship and Training Fund is located one block from Brighton Center at 385 Market St. in Boston, MA. For more information, please call 617-782-4314.