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OPEN HOUSE AND SKILLS CONTEST
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spring the Apprentice School stages an open house at the Training Center.
The event is a combination Trade Show, school tour and social gathering.
It's a great opportunity for interested applicants, family members, friends
of the union, and affiliated contractors to stop by and see the level of
instruction that takes place at our facility.
The centerpiece of the Open
House is the annual contest that showcases the best work of our Apprentices
in carpentry, cabinetmaking, floorlaying, millwrighting and dock building.
Prizes are awarded in each
category, and recognition given to all participants. Since 1968, Apprentices
from the Training Center have established a tradition of excellence. On
the state level they have taken home 59 first places and on the international
level we have had 13 firstplace winners. |
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 Check
our Events page for information on this years
Open House and Skills contest
Friday, May 2, 2008 from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.and take a look at the photos from last year's event.
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National
Recognition
It's not just local builders and tradespeople who understand the outstanding
quality of the Union's Training Center. It has earned a national reputation
for excellence in training, and the facilities are seen as one of the finest
of its kind in the country.
Periodically, the Associated General Contractors of America sponsor a competition
among trade training centers around the country. The reason for the contest
is to recognize local efforts to develop and ecourage the "highest standards
and quality for craft training within the construction industry."
In 1997, the AGC recognized the excellence of the Training Center of the
Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Committee of Philadelphia and Vicinity.
At the national convention in Washington D.C., representatives from our
Training Center received a beautiful plaque and a cash award.
The AGC judged the Center on its curriculum, Instructors, hours of instruction,
breadth of courses, teaching aids, testing, motivational programs, and
the success of the graduates in national competitions. The Philadelphia
Training Center was considered outstanding in every category. |
Mr. Charles T. Brock,
Director: Telephone (215) 824-2300 Fax (215) 824-2313
For application and testing
information call: (215) 824-2303
e-mail carpschl@voicenet.com
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