Carpentry Pre-Apprentice Training Program

About This Training Program

This FREE Training Program is valued at $7,000 per participant!

  • Training begins early to mid Spring.
  • Classes follow the Statewide School Calendar for vacations and holidays
  • Location:  RCWP 599 Arnold Road, Coventry, RI 02816
  • Time: Always from 5:30pm to 8:30pm
  • Days: TBD
  • This program is designed to give students the entry level skills to be employed in this remarkable, fast growing field where employees are in high demand.

(*) These training programs are for residential construction, hours obtained do not count towards registered apprenticeship hours.

Carpentry Pre-Apprentice

The Carpentry Pre-Apprentice training program is a basic carpentry career training program for participants that are looking to enter or upskill in the residential construction industry. This basic carpentry training will get you ready for an entry level position in many different careers in the industry, you will become comfortable with a variety of tools, materials and terminology and will be learning from industry professionals on how to do things properly on a jobsite.

The Home Builders Institute (HBI) PACT Program is a pre-apprentice career training program curriculum designed to prepare job seekers looking for a career in residential construction or upskill current construction workers in carpentry.  PACT is based on HBI’s National Construction Skill Standards and NAHB’s National Green Building Standards™. PACT’s skill achievement records, set by subject matter experts, ensures every participant has the knowledge they must master to be employed in an entry-level or semi-skilled job within the residential construction industry and has a job placement rate of over 80 percent for HBI PACT graduates.

Participants are trained by HBI Certified Instructors and receive upon successful completion:

  • Hands-on training 
  • Construction Terminology and Math for Construction
  • OSHA 10 Construction training and card
  • Initial 8-hour Lead Safe Renovate Repair and Painting Rule training certificate
  • HBI Pre-Apprentice Carpentry certificate
  • First Aid, AED and CPR training and certificate
  • Soft Skills
  • Employability
  • Team Building
  • Professionalism and Success in the workplace training
  • Manufacturer Boot Camps for expert installation training, techniques & tips
  • Financial Empowerment

Learn more about the HBI Curriculum and Wage Data

Each participant receives a basic set of trade tools to use during training. Participant is allowed to keep those tools if they secured employment at the time of graduation.
 
 
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Requirements

Job Seekers: Career Changers and those seriously interested in pursuing a Career in Construction.

  • At least Intermediate level of English
  • No age requirement, just needs to be done or out of high school
  • High school or GED is not required
  • If an Immigrant, must have work authorization #

Employers: Upskill your current employees or sponsor a candidate you’d like to hire with a commitment of a wage increase or a job during or upon training completion.

Applicants MUST be SERIOUS, MOTIVATED, and COMMITTED to start a full-time career in this field or obtain the skills necessary to advance with their current employer.  Unemployed or underemployed applicants must make a commitment to seek employment at RCWPJobs.com, our placement resources and other resources student will find on their own.