What is an apprentice?
An apprentice is someone who is learning a trade by working under the guidance of a union Drywall, Acoustic & Interior Systems Carpenter, called a journeyman. It includes on-the-job and classroom training. You earn while you learn, and you are paid by the hour while you are working on the job site. Apprentices wages start at 40% of the journeyman’s rate of pay with periodic increases in pay until you reach the full journeyman’s rate. The Drywall, Acoustic & Interior Systems Carpenter apprenticeship program involves a maximum of six periods of 900 hours each, for a total of 5400 hours of training, and writing a final certification examination. The classroom training included above runs for sixteen weeks at The Walls & Ceilings Training Centre.
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