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Build a Career

Make your mark in history by Building Tennessee with us! And you’ll make a great living in the process!

  • You will earn a competitive wage and collect excellent health and welfare benefits, including a retirement plan.
  • To make sure you are paid fairly, your wages, benefits and overtime pay are negotiated and set before the job starts, so you know what you’re earning for your work.
  • You’ll also get regular raises as an apprentice, usually every six months, if you apply yourself, until you reach journeyman status after graduating from your apprenticeship.
  • You’ll also get free, ongoing training so you can climb the career ladder to foreman, general foreman, and superintendent.

For many people, a construction apprenticeship can be a better option that a four-year degree. In addition to completing a program without carrying any student loan debt, construction apprentices often will earn credits that can be applied towards a college degree.

Great Wages. Job Security. Respect. Build a Career and join us in Building Tennessee!

Great Wages. Job Security. Respect. Build a Career and join us in Building Tennessee!

  • Earn While You Learn

    Apprentices start earning a good wage immediately.

  • No School Loans

    Focus on learning rather than building debt.

  • Pay Raises

    Keep progressing through the program, and earn more and more and more money.

  • More Benefits

    Health and retirement benefits start now, for you and your family.

Stay In Demand

The traits that lured you toward this career are the same characteristics that catch the eye of employers when they need someone to take charge of a project. When you get noticed for a promotion, we offer foreman and superintendent career training to help you move up the ladder.

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Meet Your Home Away From Home.

There are four outstanding training facilities throughout Tennessee with the equipment, technology, and teachers to train you to be a professional carpenter or millwright with skills that are in demand, right now. During your apprenticeship, you’ll spend time at the training center in both classroom and training floor environments. Depending on which Local you join, your training center will be at one of these four locations:

  • East Tennessee Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center

    Serving Local 50 and Local 1554

    1005 Floyd Culler Court
    Oak Ridge, TN 37830

    Floyd Sharp, Carpenter Coordinator

    Cell: (865) 405-4200

    Chad Snow, Millwright Instructor

    Cell: (615) 426-7566

    Kameron Butler, Interior System Instructor

    Cell: (865) 469-3146

    Phone: (865) 481-0466
    TF: (866) 481-0466
    Fax: (865) 481-6066

  • Middle Tennessee Carpenters Training Center

    Serving Local 223 and Local 1554

    130 Veterans Memorial Parkway
    La Vergne, TN 37086

    Michael Coffman, Carpenter Instructor

    Cell: (615) 982-3416

    Daniel Yost, Millwright Instructor

    Cell: (615) 626-1793

    Chad Snow, Millwright Instructor

    Cell: (615) 426-7566

  • Tri-State Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center

    Serving Local 74 and Local 1554

    6136 Airways Boulevard
    Chattanooga, TN 37421

    David Hall, Carpenter Instructor

    Cell: (423) 269-0815

    Chad Snow, Millwright Instructor

    Cell: (615) 426-7566

    Phone: (423) 892-5282
    TF: (866) 892-1139
    Fax: (423) 892-3314

  • West Tennessee Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center

    Serving Local 345 and Local 1554

    5071 Wilfong Road
    Memphis, TN 38134

    Larry Davis, Carpenter Instructor

    Cell: (615) 545-1057

    Daniel Yost, Millwright Instructor

    Cell: (615) 626-1793

    Chad Snow, Millwright Instructor

    Cell: (615) 426-7566

    Jorge Montero, Interior System Instructor

    Phone: (901) 624-4986

We Always Have Your Back

Being an SECRC-Tennessee carpenter or millwright means being part of the largest and oldest trade union in the country. It’s an elite group that has your back, because The United Brotherhood of Carpenters protects its own. And if you get involved in your local union’s activities and have a good head on your shoulders, you have the chance to be a leader, travel to the UBC’s Las Vegas training center for special training, and earn the respect of your co-workers and the contractor you work for.

We have the reputation of doing what it takes to provide the skills, productivity, and “can-do” attitude to get the job done. If you are reliable and willing to learn—you will succeed at this career and fit right into our ranks.

We Always Have Your Back

Being an SECRC-Tennessee carpenter means being part of the largest and oldest trade union in the country. It’s an elite group that has your back, because The United Brotherhood of Carpenters protects its own. And if you get involved in your local union’s activities and have a good head on your shoulders, you have the chance to be a leader, travel to the UBC’s Las Vegas training center for special training, and earn the respect of your co-workers and the contractor you work for.

We have the reputation of doing what it takes to provide the skills, productivity, and “can-do” attitude to get the job done. If you are reliable and willing to learn—you will succeed at this career and fit right into our ranks.

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Don’t settle for average. Make the commitment to give that extra effort and become extraordinary. This is your chance to get what you want out of life and carve out a rewarding, respectable career. It’s a no-brainer. Contact us, and get moving toward a great paycheck and solid future.

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