Contact
Information:
Johnnie Hindsman, Instructor
Carpentry Experience
Johnnie.hindsman@apsva.us
703.228.5768 | The Arlington Career Center is the only place in the Arlington Public Schools that offers comprehensive, hands-on experience in carpentry. With over 30 years of operation, the carpentry program has assembled an impressive, fully-equipped carpentry shop for training students in residential and commercial carpentry and construction. The carpentry field is both practical and money-making, with a steady growth in demand projected over the next ten years for qualified carpenters. Students in carpentry start with the basics and move all the way up to cabinetry and home construction. Students get the opportunity to select, design and build personal projects, such as speaker boxes and home furniture. Second-year carpentry students have earned awards at local, state and national competitions, and then graduated to apprenticeship programs, and/or employment in the local building trades. Some have done well enough to buy their own homes within four years of leaving the program. This class is fun, teaches great skills, and may open the door to a lifelong and rewarding profession. Students completing this two-year program can receive / qualify for: - SKILLS -- Carpentry Skills I & II uses the State of Virginia’s Task List
- CERTIFICATION --Testing and certification is provided by the The National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI); in addition, the OSHA 10 Construction Industry Worker safety training and card is provided.
- EXPERIENCE --students compete in the SkillsUSA Cabinet & Carpentry competition; area companies are anxious to hire our students; see the list of companies on the right who have already done so.
| PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES IN OUR AREA
• ABC Distributors, Inc.
• Allied Plywood
• Arlington County Facilities
• D&W Builders
• Hitt Contracting
• Home Depot
• Lowe’s Home Improvement
• USG Building Materials
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DID YOU KNOW? The Career Center’s carpentry instructor is a graduate of the program with over twenty years of professional carpentry experience. His experience has taught him that employers are seeking applicants who are motivated, professional and skilled. Another important factor for gaining employment in the field is obtaining a valid driver’s license. If you would like to find out more, please contact program instructor Tony Del Gallo (listed above). |
