1. What you’ll do:
Carpenters construct, erect, install, and repair structures
Join other
and fixtures made from wood and other materials. That can
mean anything from building of highways and bridges to successful women:
become a carpenter
installing kitchen cabinets.
Erin and Ericka’s success
could be yours:
“I am particularly proud of Denny Terrace
(Seattle Housing Authority project) because I
worked on the project from beginning to end.
We did an amazing job on the building and I’m
proud to be part of a project that helps people
who need low income housing.” Erin, third year apprentice
“I worked as a carpenter for seven years and always
wanted to work in management. When
offered any opportunity I always said “yes”
- leadership classes, trainings, safety classes,
trying new positions at new job sites. Now I’m
the corporate safety director for my company.”
Ericka, journey level carpenter and full-time safety director
Earn while you learn:
• Apprentices get classroom training and on-the-job
training with experienced journey workers
EMPLOYERS WANT YOU!
• Wages increase with experience “Women who work in construction can be highly
successful and get to be a part of building history. History
Get started: proves that women are good for the industry, and it is an
incredible career for them.”
To apply for an apprenticeship program, Mike Sotelo, former construction executive
visit us at: www.citcwa.org. or
Call Adriana – 425-285-2325
(425) 454-2482 or (877) 428-0442
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2. Our female carpenters APPRENTICESHIP PAYS!
tell their stories: As an apprentice you are paid while learning your trade.
By the time you graduate you will earn more than the
Erin, third year apprentice: average college graduate.
“I had worked in customer service and restaurant
management but wanted a career with better pay. I chose
carpentry because I like working with wood, like being able to How Education Boosts Your Bottom Line
frame buildings and seeing architecture come Source: 2006 Bureau of Labor & Statistics
alive. I’m particularly proud of a Seattle Housing % Unemployment rate in 2006 Education attained Median weekly earnings in 2006
Authority project I worked on from beginning to 1.1 Professional degree $1,474
end. I got to see all aspects of the job. It was 1.4 Doctoral degree $1,441
an amazing project. National worker shortage! Journey Skilled/Apprentice Trained $992-$1,240
1.7 Master’s degree $1,140
The CITC program gives me classroom and shop
2.3 Bachelor’s degree $962
experience as well as on the job training with
3.0 Associate degree $721
skilled journey level carpenters. So I’m earning a
3.9 Some college, no degree $674
family wage while I’m in training and I even have benefits. I plan
to hone my skills as a carpenter and perhaps someday I’ll have my 4.3 High-school graduate $595
own business.” 6.8 Less than a high school diploma $419
Ericka, journey level carpenter and full-time safety officer: Become a Registered Apprentice through CITC
“I began working as a laborer. It was not long after
that my employer gave me the opportunity to train at CITC If you’re not registered with a state-approved
where I became a carpenter apprentice. Once I completed my apprenticeship program like CITC, then you are not a state-
apprenticeship I became a journey level carpenter. In 1998 I
registered apprentice, and you will not receive the skills
became a carpentry instructor at CITC where I continue to teach
part-time. and financial benefits of participation.
For the past seven years, I have been the
AS A CARPENTER YOU WILL:
corporate safety director for my company.
The job entails working with both subcontractors
and the company field workers to monitor
safety plans and practices during weekly visits • Earn a family wage
to each active construction site.
• Be part of a growing industry
I like being in a management position and • Have limitless opportunities
learning new things every day. Safety includes
everything from fall prevention to hazardous material handling.
The job can be a very interesting challenge. I take a personal
interest in making sure workers are safe and return home to their
families at the end of each work day.”
Contact CITC NOW
to begin your career!
“We are dedicated to our apprentices and committed to
(425) 454-2482 or (877) 428-0442
diversity,” Halene Sigmund, President CITC
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