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Want a career where you are in demand and can build a new future for yourself? This fully funded General Carpenter Pre-apprenticeship program consists of 21 weeks in school and 8 weeks of paid on-the-job training. In the first part of the program you will get essential safety training (including Working At Heights), gain hands-on skills, learn key concepts, and be able to complete academic upgrading and employment strategies to help ensure your success. Your shop class will teach you essential carpentry skills and will also give you an introduction to cabinetmaking. You will then get a unique opportunity to complete the first level of trade schooling for the General Carpenter Apprenticeship, before going out on a two-month paid work placement.
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This Employment Ontario program is funded in part by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario.