The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College (UHMC) is offering a free, eight-week Carpentry Pre-Apprenticeship Training (from March 24th to May 23rd). The tuition value is $6,000. The course includes six weeks of intensive training in carpentry fundamentals and basic tool use, construction math, basic print reading, metal framing, concrete formwork and drywall. The course also includes a two-week paid internship at an active construction site. Upon successful completion of the program, students will be granted direct entry into any of the three Registered Apprenticeship Programs administered by the Hawaiʻi Carpenters Apprenticeship and Training Fund. In addition, a free one-week Painters Pre-Apprenticeship class is also being offered. It runs from March 31st to April 4th. The tuition value is $1,600. The course will cover Introduction to Painting Tools and Surface Preparation, Surface Inspection and Priming Checking, Painting Techniques and Application Applying, Detail Work and Trim Painting, and Final Inspection, Touch-Ups and Cleanup. “We continue to be committed to serving our community and to preparing Maui’s future workforce,” UHMC Chancellor Lui Hokoana said. “We’re grateful to our partners and to those in the Construction Trades who join us in this mission.”

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