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Choose your personal path to success in the carpentry or millwright trade. Carpentry professionals work in six specialty fields, providing crucial expertise in building all types of structures. Millwrights install, maintain, and repair machinery in almost every industrial setting imaginable.

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“I learned how to operate a boom lift. Now I am setting up trade shows all over the South.”
Daniel Young Journey-Level Carpenter
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“Anyone can do it if you put your mind to it. The Union has your back.”
Cassidy McCutchin Carpenter Apprentice
Interior Systems
“Right now I’m working in a clean room for Texas Instruments, where you make microchips for cars. So it’s a lot more than nailing wood.”
Fer-Tory Bryant Carpenter Apprentice

CONTRACTORS: Partner With Our Workforce

Our carpenters, millwrights, and pile drivers can provide your company with a highly skilled, temporary workforce that produces quality work at a competitive cost. We offer the best training programs in the nation, and that training is free — for craftspeople and the contractors who employ them. We’ll even make sure workers receive training customized to the specifics of your jobs.

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“At the Southern District Training Trust Fund, we are dedicated to equipping our members with the skills and training they need to thrive in today’s dynamic industry. Guided by the leadership of our trustees, driven by the dedication of our staff, and strengthened by our robust partnerships with contractors and industry partners, we are creating genuine opportunities for careers that support families and strengthen communities throughout the Southern District.”

—Jimmie Jordan, executive director of training

latest news & Events

  • Combine Atlanta, August 1
    A hands-on event to learn, showcase skills, and meet with potential employers in Atlanta.
  • Looking for Full-Time Interior System Instructor in Atlanta
    The Southern District UBC Training Trust Fund is considering hiring a full-time Interior Systems instructor to deliver Interior Systems craft training for apprentices and journeyman at the Atlanta GA training center.
  • Dec 2023 Carpenter Magazine
    Information about our solar work and a Texas paperboard project both Carpenters and Millwrights are working on can be read in the Southern District Spotlight on pages 18 and 19 of the December Carpenter magazine. Click the link and check it out!
  • A House to Call Home
    Central South Carpenters build a house Sergeant Maverick and his two daughters can call home near San Antonio, TX.

Upcoming Classes

Confined Space

Date: 07/19/2025-07/20/2025; Place: Savannah

Scaffold Qualification Refresher

Date: 07/19/2025; Place: Charlotte

Scaffold Qualification Refresher

Date: 07/19/2025; Place: Atlanta

Acoustical Ceilings

Date: 07/19/2025-07/20/2025; Place: Atlanta

Drywall Applications

Date: 07/19/2025-07/20/2025; Place: Fort Lauderdale

Scaffold Erector Qualification – Standard 40 Hour

Date: 07/19/2025-07/27/2025; Place: Orlando

Scaffold Erector Qualification – Standard 40 Hour

Date: 07/19/2025-07/27/2025; Place: Jacksonville

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