Special Supplement
Northern California Carpenters Regional Council
BUILDING THE REGION’S SKILLED WORKFORCE
T
he Northern California Carpenters Corps and California Prison Industry Authority opportunities for them to fill looming gaps in
Regional Council, the umbrella in Folsom, offering targeted populations the the skilled residential construction workforce.”
organization over 23 local unions opportunity to launch construction careers
across 46 counties, represents nearly 40,000
carpenters and other skilled construction
professionals. NCCRC provides leadership and
resources, helps negotiate with
more than 1,000 contractor
employers, and works with
members and employers to
ensure best safety practices.
Capital region institutions
and businesses benefit from a
through pre-apprenticeship training.
NCCRC is addressing California’s housing
affordability crisis through relationships with
Millions of dollars of carpenter union nonprofit developers of affordable housing and
members’ compensation are set aside annually helping secure more opportunities for those
“Northern California Carpenters [Regional
Council], in partnership with forward-looking
project owners and contractors, commit what
it takes to build and sustain a comprehensively
skilled construction workforce.”
stable, self-sufficient, career-
developers. Also, partnerships
with recent startup firms will
help revolutionize the market
by making factory-built
housing a reality. “It’s been
long talked about, and now
we’re working with employers
to have unionized workers
oriented construction workforce. The NCCRC- for training, and employers benefit from that in factories building complete housing units
affiliated Carpenters Training Committee for career-long training and skills upgrading. to be trucked to permanent sites. This will be
Northern California is the leading provider “Our 6,000 apprentice members are the instrumental in helping to solve our housing
of instruction to carpenters and allied trades core of tomorrow’s comprehensively skilled affordability crisis,” concludes Littlehale.
apprentices from the Sacramento region. construction workforce,” says Scott Littlehale, Journey-level members of Carpenters Local NCCRC senior research analyst. “Currently,
Union 46 and Drywall Lathers Local Union 9109
attend health and safety classes and obtain
specialized skill certifications. Union carpenters
also partner with the Sacramento Job Corps
Center, Sacramento Regional Conservation
those apprentices are primarily working on
nonresidential projects like bridges, water-
treatment plants, hospitals and office building
projects, but we must work with developers,
contractors and public policymakers to expand
Scott Littlehale
510.376.9506
510.430.9706 x 110
[email protected]
www.nccrc.org
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