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Grounded in Partnership

“The Indiana/Kentucky Regional Council of Carpenters is committed to placing the best available professionals at every job site. We believe success is grounded in partnering with our contractors, because if they don’t succeed, we can’t succeed. Providing superior training is our way of solidifying that partnership, so that they have the best manpower to count on when they compete for that next bid.”
Our Goal

Our goal is to make you a highly skilled, productive carpenter, because if you don’t succeed, we can’t succeed. It’s all about skill, productivity, and partnerships. Take a look at what the Carpenters Union can offer you in a career.
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How would you like to...
- Earn Top Pay
- Have Great Benefits
- Help Build America
- Increase Your Skills
- Attend The Nations Best Training Program
As a Union Carpenter you will become a highly skilled professional, trained and experienced to handle everything from the foundations to the rooftop of some of the most challenging construction projects imaginable.

Application Information

Applications accepted from 8:00–11:00am and 1:00–4:00pm at the following locations:

IKRCC
Joint Apprenticeship Program
(Terre Haute Division)
5109 N. 13^th Street
Terre Haute, IN 47805
(812) 466-7899

Carpenters Local Union #859
1 East Franklin Street
Greencastle, IN 46135

IKRCC
(Indianapolis Division)
Joint Apprenticeship Program
6125 East 38th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46226
(317)549-9417
(800)784-7396

Carpenters Local Union #1664
1802 West 17th Street
Indianapolis, IN 47404

IKRCC
(Evansville Division)
Joint Apprenticeship Program
5400 Covert Court
Newburgh, IN 47630

Carpenters Local Union #90
1035 West Franklin Street
Evansville, IN 47710

Carpenters Local Union #546
3000 South Old US 41
Vincennes, IN 47591

IKRCC
(Lafayette Division)
Joint Apprenticeship Program
2953 Creasy Lane
Lafayette, IN 47905

Applications are accepted year-round as follows:

Application Period Force Entry	Assessment Given	Pre-Job Training	Work
Jan 16 - Apr 15	May	June	June
Apr 16 - Aug 15	September	October	October
Aug 16 - Jan15	February	March	March

All applicants must come to the Indianapolis office for the first day of one week of pre-job training. They will then be assigned to attend their actual classroom training at the school nearest their residence (Muncie, Indianapolis, or Terre Haute). Millwright apprentices must attend school in Indianapolis. The training will be the same at all sites. Job placement assistance is provided. The board of trustees who administers this program shall determine the number of apprentices by the contractors for each area school.

Further information may be found at our web site address at www.ikrcc.com

Commercial Carpenter Apprenticeship Program
The Indiana/Kentucky Regional Council of Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program is pleased to provide a Commercial Carpenters Apprenticeship Training Program. This Program is monitored and approved by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, United States Department of Labor.

All applicants must apply at the Indiana/Kentucky Carpenters Apprenticeship School nearest their residence. Applicants are required to be a high school graduate or possess a GED. The applicant must meet minimum requirements of a Work Keys assessment, interview, and complete manipulative skills demonstration to qualify for the program. All apprentices must be able to obtain a security clearance. Apprentices are required to attend school one 40-hour week quarterly (total of 160 hours) each calendar year for four years, for a total of 640 classroom hours. Training is a combination of classroom and hands-on training. Apprentices are also required to work a minimum of 1,300 hours for union contractors each calendar year in order to earn their advancements through their apprenticeship training and achieve Journeyman status. Apprentices are also required to attend night school for 192 hours over the four (4) year period, and they will receive an Associates degree in Applied Science from Ivy Tech State College.

After successful completion of the One-Week Pre-Job Training, each apprentice will be placed on a 90-day probation period and will receive 50% of the applicable Journeyman wage rate. After the probation period, beginning apprentices will receive 60% of the applicable Journeyman wage rate. Note: Advancements beyond 60% are increased 5% (through 95%) approximately every 6 months thereafter based upon meeting the necessary requirements (achieving the set number of required class hrs / work hrs / skill blocks). Apprentices will also have fringe benefits paid by the employer to provide health insurance and a pension (retirement) plan.

Each apprentice will be required to join a local union nearest their residence, as an apprentice, and pay union dues on a quarterly basis. Apprentices are required to purchase their books from the school, which will cost approximately $400 for the four years of apprenticeship. Apprentices are also required to purchase the required hand tools for use on the job and in school. Apprentices are not required to pay tuition to attend school.

During the four (4) years of apprenticeship training, an apprentice will learn all different aspects of commercial construction that is considered carpenter work. The training may include, but not be limited to, the following:
- Building Layout
- Concrete Form Bldg. (Conventional, Patented Form Systems, etc.)
- Drywall Application
- Roofing and Flashing
- Blueprint Reading
- Transit & Level
- Cabinet & Countertop Installation
- Construction Materials
- Welding
- Physical Science
- History of Organized Labor
- Floor & Wall Layout
- Metal Stud Framing
- Sofits
- Exterior Wall Coverings
- Laser Levels
- Plastic Laminates
- Acoustic Ceilings
- Technical Writing
- First Aid – CPR
- Understanding Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
- OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety & Health Course
- Framing (floor, wall, rafters, etc.)
- Carpenter Mathematics
- Doors, Door Hardware, & Windows
- Interior & Exterior Trim
- Wood Strip Flooring
- Stairs
- Solid Surface Repair
- Pedestal Floor Installation
- Human Relations in the Workplace
- Ergonomics Awareness
Journeyman improvement classes will be provided in any or all of the above-mentioned subjects. If additional information is required, please contact the Indiana/Kentucky Regional of Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program at either (317) 549-9417 or (800) 784-7396.
Dedication to Training

Competition to win bids is fierce in today’s construction market. Your reputation is a key factor in landing that next project, and the reality is, your company will be judged by the professionals you choose to bring to a job site.

Bolster your reputation and bring an important asset to the bidding process by leveraging the Indiana-Kentucky Regional Council of Carpenters’ training programs.

Today’s union carpenters and millwrights are the product of rigorous training, exhaustive testing, and comprehensive continuing education. Professionals trained by the Indiana-Kentucky Regional Council of Carpenters are able to meet – and exceed – the demands for any set of skills at job sites throughout Indiana and Kentucky.

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America believes that nothing should be taken for granted in today’s construction industry. Attention must be given to evolving technology and stricter building code specifications.

To accomplish that, the UBC dedicates more than $100 million every year to train its members.

Indiana-Kentucky carpenters and millwrights benefit from this support, and train at one of nine training centers in the region. Each center is staffed by veteran master craftsmen who themselves are trained in the newest techniques of teaching a trade-based curriculum. These professionals also provide customized training – at the actual job site – if that’s what it takes to keep our members properly trained for your job.

This dedication to training – conceived nationally and fulfilled locally – provides contractors and our project partners with well-rounded, professional and technologically adept carpenters and millwrights. UBC comprehensive training programs give you the edge you need to be more marketable – and to get more work.
Getting a Head Start

If you are still in school, you can take classes in mathematics, drafting and mechanical drawing, metal or industrial shop, or any construction courses which familiarize you with construction technology. Classes in industrial arts and mechanical drawing will help you decide whether or not you have an interest in this trade. These classes will help you to develop the dexterity and practical thinking skills you will need as an apprentice.
The rewards of apprenticeship training are the good wages and benefits you receive as a skilled craftsperson. Union interior systems carpenters belong to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and benefit from the security of being professional tradesmen. You will be working in a good job under the protection of a union contract, which means that you will probably have some form of health insurance and pension and welfare benefits.
Entry Requirements
- High School Diploma (GED accepted). High School transcript and GED records must be submitted within 14 days or the application will be determined inactive and the applicant must re-apply.
- Applicant must be a resident of the jurisdictional area.
- Applicants are accepted without regard to age (must be at least 17 years old), sex, religion, race, color, or national origin.
- Applicant must be a legal resident.
- Applicant must be able to obtain a security clearance.
- Applicant must provide current State or Government issued photo ID when making application.
- Applicant will be assessed by Work Keys in the following areas: Observation, Applied Mathematics, Teamwork, and Locating Information. Sample questions may be located at www.act.org/workkeys/
- The assessment will be scheduled at the WorkOne facility nearest the applicant’s residence.

What is an apprentice?

An apprentice is some one who is learning a trade while working under the guidance of skilled workers called journeymen. Apprenticeship is on-the-job training. Apprentices study both in the classroom and on-the-job under the guidance of skilled workers of that trade. You earn while you learn and are paid a wage from the first day you become an apprentice. Beginning apprentices usually start at about half the journeyman rate of pay. But your wages will increase periodically, usually every six months, until you reach the full journeyman’s scale at the end of the apprenticeship period. In most cases the length of your apprenticeship is four years, usually with no cost to you for the training.
Professional Carpenter

What is a carpenter?
Carpenters are responsible, at least in part, for creating just about every building in your community. Homes, schools, malls and office buildings are built from scratch through the skills and experience of professional carpenters. To be a carpenter is to be a member of one of the oldest and most respected trades in the world. If you enjoy working with tools, if you like to see your work produce immediately results, and if you have a good work ethic, you can build a lifetime career in carpentry.

What types of jobs are done by carpenters?
Carpenters measure, saw, level and nail woods and other building materials. They install tile and insulation, acoustical ceilings, cabinets, siding, and much more. They work with many tools and materials to build houses, schools, churches and hotels. They erect skyscrapers, hospitals, office buildings, and prisons, and construct bridges, tunnels and highways. Carpenters make up the largest single group of skilled workers in the country.

What types of hours and working conditions are involved?
A typical carpenter’s workday lasts eight hours, starting on the jobsite before daybreak. Much of the work is outdoors, but modern construction methods have erased the problems of extreme heat or freezing temperatures. Attention to safety and health is stressed all the time, because of the machinery, tools, materials and equipment used in this trade. Carpenters wear a hard hat, durable work clothes and safety shoes. Carpenters are usually paid by the hour and as union members the get “time-and-a half” or “double time” for all work over eight hours. Apprentices often start out on a job by helping to build concrete forms, cutting sheets of drywall and performing other beginning tasks. As they gain experience, they move into more complicated jobs.
Scholarship

Successful applicants receive a scholarship worth approximately $17,000. Each graduate will receive an Associates Degree in Applied Science from Ivy Tech State College by taking three additional classes through Ivy Tech. The only costs incurred by the apprentice are to purchase the required hand tools and books and pay union dues. High School seniors may apply between February 1^st and April 15^th of their senior year and will take the May test, and upon passing the test, will attend June pre-job training and then begin work upon completion of the one week pre-job training. Upon successful completion of the four (4) years of apprenticeship training, the apprentice is advanced to Journeyman carpenter or millwright status.

Millwright

What is a Millwright?
If you like to work with machine tools and precision instruments, and have a keen eye for the perfect fit, you might consider becoming a millwright. Millwrights sometimes work to specifications requiring tolerances to a thousandth of an inch. In the old days, before heavy metal machinery, millwrights carved out gears and shafts from wood for mills and small industrial plants. Today millwrights are an elite group of construction workers who work primarily in metal and with machinery and equipment requiring precision.

What types of jobs are done by Millwrights?
Millwrights install conveyer systems, escalators, giant electrical turbines, and generators. Millwrights install and do maintenance on machinery in factories, and do much of the precision work in nuclear power plants. Millwrights are skilled construction mechanics who study and interpret blueprints, and then put their knowledge and expertise to work drilling, welding, bolting and doing whatever else is necessary to assure that the cogs of industry are in perfect working order.

What types of hours and working conditions are involved?

Millwrights generally work eight-hour days. Apprentices usually start out helping journeymen with basic tasks like material handling, and move into more sophisticated jobs as their knowledge and skills increase. Although millwrights work indoors much of their time on installation and maintenance work, their duties also involve working on the outside of buildings and other structures, in situations often requiring the use of scaffolding. Quite often millwrights are required to work split shifts and overtime, and to travel long distances for work. In such cases the union sees to it that the millwright is compensated with overtime pay and travel allowance. Millwrights work with a variety of hand and portable power tools, and frequently cut, join, and fasten metal construction materials using welding equipment and oxy-acetylene torches.
Interior Systems Carpenter

What is an interior systems carpenter?
Just about every building in your community – from your high school to the mall to the restaurant or dentist’s office – was at least partially built by skilled interior systems carpenters. This is an expanding industry offering challenges to those entering the construction trades. It involves the installation of all sorts of modern equipment and material in commercial buildings, such as acoustical ceilings, raised floors for computers, metal framing, wall partitions, and office furniture systems.

What types of jobs are done by interior systems carpenters?
These specialized workers install construction materials and a variety of factory-produced systems in commercial buildings and public structures. Their specialized skills are brought into play as they assemble complex interior systems using technical data supplied by manufacturers. Saws and hammers as well as mechanic’s tools such as drills, wrenches, and screwdrivers are used most often. Welding skills are also needed for assembly work.

What types of hours and working conditions are involved?
Interior systems carpenters generally work eight-hour days, often starting about 7am. Many of the installations erected by interior systems carpenters come carefully marked and crated, and journeymen and apprentices alike must carefully read instructions and specifications. As the title indicates, it’s inside work. Sometimes it’s at floor level and sometimes it’s above the floor on scaffolds. Sturdy work clothes are worn, and, when necessary, special safety goggles and other gear are worn.