This web site gives you all the information you should need to apply for an Apprenticeship offered through the Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Committee of Philadelphia and Vicinity.

    There are six separate types of jobs covered by apprenticeships at our Training Center, and all are equally important.

    You might already know the career you're interested in. Maybe a relative or friend is a member and has told you about the work. If not, this site will tell you about the jobs, the requirements, and the training.

     The training takes place in some of the most modern instructional facilities anywhere. The Instructors are all experienced professionals in their Specialties. If you are accepted into our Apprenticeship Program, you will be employed by a Union Contractor. When you are not in class at the training facility, you will be practicing what you learn by working for your employer on the job.
 

• Applicants should be a minimum of 17 years of age.
• The application and testing period is in the spring of each year.
• Applicants must take a qualifying test consisting of math related to the Carpentry Trade, including decimals, fractions and geometry.
• Successful applicants must secure a Contractor to sponsor them as an apprentice for entry into the program.
• Drug testing is a requirement for entry into the program.
• All Apprenticeships are four years, except Wharf & Dock Builders which is three years.
• All Apprenticeships include both on-the-job training and classroom-related training.
• Apprentice wages and benefits are based on a percentage of the Journeyperson rate.
• All Apprentices receive a percentage increase every six months.