Atlanta Carpenters Local 225 and Training Center

Atlanta Carpenters Local 225 Apprenticeship and Training Center

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Atlanta Carpenters’ Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program

Our History

                       Our Identity

Atlanta Carpenters' Joint Apprenticeship and Training was formed just after World War II when it became clear to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local #225 that the needs of young adults were changing. During the early years of the program, Apprentice Carpenters received their training on construction sites working with experience Journeyman Carpenters.

As time passed, it became clear that classroom instruction was essential to the Apprentice Carpenters in order to be fully aware of the new technological advances made in the construction industry. Therefore, classroom instruction was added to the on-the-job training to give the Journeyman Carpenters of tomorrow the leading edge in their field.

These young Carpenters began to learn from Journeyman Carpenters with whom they had never worked. The Apprentices learned about skills they had not tried on the job. Classes were held at many difference places, as the program had no school of its own. These Apprentices were taught from manuals or were told about a process by an experienced Carpenter. This type of training continued until August 1984.

   At the beginning of the fall class in 1984, the Atlanta Carpenters' Apprenticeship began meeting in a building they could call their own. The building had 28,000 square feet of training area. Atlanta Carpenters' then instituted a teaching method called Performance Evaluated Training System (PETS). In the PETS program, each apprentice actually builds projects related to a specific skill. This way, each Apprentice receives hands on instruction under the trained eye of an experienced Carpenter, who is also an Instructor. This Instructor evaluates the quality of the finished project. The process of instruction from project to evaluation continues until the Apprentice masters the skills needed to become a Journeyman Carpenter.

With PETS, each Apprentice Carpenter also received formal training in Mathematics and Blueprint Reading as well as required carpentry work such as Framing, Interior Trim, Interior Systems, Welding, Concrete Forms, and basic safety training as required by OSHA .

Today:

After a few organizational changes later in the year 2000 Atlanta Carpenters' Local Union No. 225 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund established new strategies to train the maximum number of Apprentices and Journeymen.

Our teaching method is now called Enhanced Capacity Training. It is a third generation human technology unique to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters' with a focus on reducing per-unit costs in training environments. The Training Technologies delivered through EC-Training are implemented by the Atlanta Carpenters' JATC Director, Coordinators and a group of highly trained instructors who are accountable for meeting the most challenging of performance standards.

In 2001 we moved our training facility, this training is now available at the United Brotherhood of Carpentes' training facility located at

3500 Atlanta Industrial Dr., NW, Atlanta, GA 30331.

The Atlanta Carpenters' JATC is composed of:

1- Director of Apprenticeship and Training

1- Director of On the Job Training (OJT)

1- Apprenticeship Coordinator

1- Office Manager

5- OJT Instructors

5- Training Center Instructors

Policy and Operations Division are made:

With a Board of Trustees that is called 'The Joint Committee'. The Joint Committee consists of members representing our Signatory Contractors of the Associated General Contrators of America (AGC) and members representing United Brotherhood of Carpenters' and Joiners of America Southeastern Carpenters Regional Council. These two parties work together to give the Apprenticeship Program the full provision of what is expected from our Apprentices by our Signatory Contractors as professional Carpenters. All Operating and Disciplinary Policies must be agreed upon by a majority vote of the Joint Committee.

The history and make-up of the Atlanta Carpenters' Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program is designed to teach skills and values which will benefit our Apprentices for the rest of their lives.

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3500 Atlanta Industrial Drive, NW
Atlanta, GA 30331

Phone: (678) 553-4732
Fax: (404) 522-4908

Map to the Atlanta Carpenters Local 225

Driving Directions:

From I-20 West:

Merge onto I-285 North. Travel 1.2 miles. Take exit 12, US-278/US-78 (Old Bankhead Hwy) Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy. At the read light, turn left onto US-278. Travel 4/10ths. mile, turn right onto Atlanta Industrial Parkway. Travel 4/10ths.; mile and turn right onto Atlanta Industrial Dr. We are the first building on the left.

From I-75 North:

Merge onto I-285 West. Travel 7.5 miles. Take exit 12, US-278/US-78 (Old Bankhead Hwy) Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy NW. At the read light, turn right onto US-278. Travel 3/10ths.; mile, turn right onto Atlanta Industrial Parkway. Travel 4/10ths.; mile and turn right onto Atlanta Industrial Dr. We are the first building on the left.