APPRENTICESHIP TRADES

Carpentry

Build your career one step at a time.

Apprenticeship Length

4 YEARS

State Skilled Wage Rate Average

$31.56

Per Hour, Plus Benefits*

school locations

MPTC: West Bend (block program)
Northwood: Rice Lake

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CARPENTRY APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Completion of the Online Apprenticeship Application and include the following:

High school verification:
- Transcripts with graduation date listed, or
- Copy of high school diploma, or
- GED/HSED certificate, or
- Graduating senior: current transcript with verification from your school that you are on track for graduation, or
- Homeschool PI – 1206 form verification for each year completed
Copy of driver’s license or have another transportation plan to get to work and school
Test results
- Next Generation Accuplacer Reading: 239
- Next Generation Accuplacer Arithmetic: 237
  OR
- ACT Reading: 15
- ACT Math: 15

What You will Do

Construct, repair and remodel all aspects of commercial construction, from concrete forms and building framework, to exterior and interior finishing; operate wide range of professional power tools and precision measurement devices; read and interpret blue prints and specifications to coordinate and schedule work with other trades on the jobsite.

*Apprentices earn minimum of 45% first year, 60% second year, 65% third year and 70% fourth year. Benefits, such has health care and retirement, are above and beyond this wage.

CAREERS IN CONSTRUCTION

Your Career

Most people don’t realize apprenticeship is a career area with lots of opportunities. Getting into employment earlier means there’s lots of potential for you to progress quickly in your career. After putting your skills into practice, you could become a master craftsperson and/or land a leadership role at your company, such as foreman, crew leader, jobsite superintendent or project manager. Some apprentices start their own businesses or go back to school for a two-year construction management degree at a technical college and then apply that to a four-year building construction management degree at a university. How far you want to go is all up to you.