Carpenter’s Training Center Set to Open in Rock Tavern

North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Local 279 will move this fall back into their training center in Rock Tavern.

From left, Jim Hayes, Assistant Exec. Training Dir., NASRCC Local 279; Tom Fischer, Exec. Dir., NASRCC Training Fund and Frank Bucior, Sr. Project Mgr. StarCom Communications tour the training site.

After years of planning and months of construction The North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Local 279 will move this fall back into their training center in Rock Tavern following a $3.5 million renovation of the facility.

The 25,000 sq. foot building will now house a state-of-the-art training facility for apprentices and district council offices for Local 279.

“Apprentices who are not even in this program yet will be able to take advantage of this facility,” said Jim Hayes, assistant executive training director for NASRCC. “The investment we are making today is going to benefit our future carpenters.”

Hayes said the facility expects to have 2-3 classes going on at the same time, with the training season running the traditional September to June 30 schedule. He said two full-time instructors will be on hand as well as part time instructors to service the journeypersons at night and even on the weekends. “This facility will be open Monday-Friday, from 7 a.m. till possible 9 p.m. as a well as some Saturdays. And in the summer, we will be open for skill enhancement.”

For the past three years carpenter trainees in the Hudson Valley had to travel up to Albany or down to Long Island for apprenticeship classes. Tom Fischer, the executive director of the NASRCC Training Fund said the Orange County location is critical for not only members but for contractors who are doing projects in the area.

“They need training to take place for a particular project, they don’t have to travel outside the community. Their employees – our members don’t have to travel outside the community. We can do this training locally, here, and we can do it at the same level that we have provided training at all of our other training sites. There’s no drop off, everything is state-of-the art. Now there is access locally,” said Fischer.

The GC for Rock Tavern is Barone Construction Group. The construction process began pre-Covid and as a result was delayed about 18 months.

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There’s no greater asset in the building industry than a worker who shows up wellprepared and ready to go. It can mean the difference between a project that runs smoothly and a project that runs out of time. The Carpenters union recognizes this and has provided contractors with world-class quality and professionalism for 130 years – in addition to a can-do spirit to step up to meet any challenge. It’s not just a relationship, it’s a true partnership, and the entire building community benefits.

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