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The North Atlantic States Carpenters Training Fund held a ribbon-cutting in Manchester for a comprehensive training center to serve Northern New England and Northeast Massachusetts. The renovated building on Candia road includes 24,000 square feet of shop and classroom space for apprentice and skills upgrade training.

“This facility is a significant step forward in our efforts to offer training throughout the Council,” said Tom Fischer, the Executive Director for Training. “It will be a great resource for our members, our employer partners and the young people in this community who are exploring career options.”

The new facility replaces a formerly used building on an adjacent property. It more than doubles the number of classrooms and increases shop training space by 400%.

“We’re making significant investments in our members and their skills,” said Tom Flynn, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the North Atlantic States Regional Council. “That includes state-of-the-art facilities that are accessible to members. We’re proud to open this training center in an area where there’s a tremendous demand for training from our members and entire industry.”

Skills enhancement training offered at the training center for journey-level members will include: safety and other certifications and renewals, drywall/metal stud productivity, ceilings, doors and hardware, interior finish, layout, print reading, scaffold, foreman training, first aid, rigging and welding.

Speakers at the event included: Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, US Representative Chris Pappas, State House Speaker Steve Shurtleff, and State Senator Majority Leader Dan Feltus.

Trustees for the North Atlantic States Carpenters Training Fund are already working on a substantial renovation that will lead to the re-opening of the Rock Tavern training center in Hudson Valley, New York. There are also plans being made to renovate the building in Warwick, Rhode Island, to make better use of the space for training and other local union and council needs and to improve the building in Worcester where Local 336 has an office.