Masks are now optional for you when you enter any of our facilities. If you want to wear a mask during class or in the building, that will be your decision. We do ask that if you are feeling sick to please stay home. We may request you put on a mask if coughing or [...]
Effective Monday, February 28, 2022, we will no longer require proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test to attend Apprentice or Skill Advancement classes. We will continue to have our mask policy in place until we are notified otherwise by our Trustees. We ask that you postpone taking classes at any center if you [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]