Over the past year, the Union Construction Academy has responded to requests from our pre-apprentices and Building and Construction Trades Locals to offer more trade-specific training sessions, in addition to our four-week multi-trades programs. In the spring of 2026, we offered a two-week training program for carpenters, in collaboration with Carpenters Local 349. Graduates of that program had tremendous success, with four of the six participants moving directly into the Carpenters apprenticeship and working over the summer. Building on the success of that model, we offered a two-week intensive welding training program in collaboration with Ironworkers Local 7 in Clinton in August.

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