The International Training Center has issued a new statement allowing the grace period for expired cards until December 31, 2022. After considerations and discussions, the CITF will honor the current grace period for Scaffold Erector Qualification and Scaffold Qualification Train the Trainer until December 31, 2022. However, the member or instructor must attend a refresher within [...]
As part of the DOL National Apprenticeship Week, the Carpenter Training Center in Elk Grove Village held its 7th Annual Apprenticeship Open House on November 17, 2021. This year’s virtual event was geared towards educating those still in high school, and the veterans that have served our country, about the trades. This presentation explains what [...]
The Carpenter Skill Advancement Program (CSAP) schedule through July 2022 is now online. Hardware and OSHA classes fill up fast. To ensure a spot in the class you want, sign up online and submit a Course Registration Fee check to become registered for the class. Worst case is that we send it back to you [...]
Due to Illinois Governor Pritzker’s Executive Order 2021-22 on September 3, 2021, ALL training centers in the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council will be adopting the policy regarding COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements to comply with Executive Order 2021-22. ALL members, whether Apprentice or Journeyman, attending any classes at any of our facilities must be vaccinated. This will [...]
Our Carpenter Training Center was the first in the country to develop a Mass Timber Installer Training Program. Through a partnership with Woodworks, we were able to acquire some of the material we now use for our shop projects. We have now assisted six other UBC Regional Councils to get their Mass Timber Installer Training [...]
On November 1, 2021, the UBC changed the Rigging program to the Rigger and Signaler Qualification course. Here are some of the changes that affect everyone that has a Certified Rigger and Signaler (CRS) or Rigger and Signaler Qualification CTC: The NEW UBC Rigger and Signaler Qualification will be valid for four (4) years. There [...]
The 2nd Quarter of 2021 had another record number of members taking our classes. At the end of the quarter (April-June), 4 names were chosen from the thousands of raffle tickets. The following winners won an 18V Milwaukee Cordless Driver Drill. Congratulations to the following: Joe Angellotte [...]
The UBC has released a new online ICRA: Best Practices in Healthcare Construction Refresher available to all members that are eligible - expired less than 1 year. In order to do this refresher course, you will need to visit www.carpenters.org and click on the "Members" tab in the upper right corner. Scroll down to "UBC [...]
The 1st Quarter of 2021 had a record number of members taking our classes. At the end of the quarter (Jan-Mar), 4 names were chosen from the thousands of raffle tickets. The following winners won an 18V Cordless Driver Drill. Congratulations to the following: CJ Andronis Local 1027 Michael [...]
Even with Covid-19 slowing us down for a few months, we still managed to train over 6,000 members in our Skill Advancement classes. With 2020 behind us, the Grand Prize winners we chosen from all of the raffle tickets issued to those completing the class that they were in. Walter Freel Local 1 [...]