Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC),Inc.'s mission is to serve the Chinese-American, immigrant and low-income communities in New York City by providing services, skills and resources leading to economic self-sufficiency.

As one of the largest Chinese-based social services agencies in the northeastern United States, the Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc. provides culturally sensitive programs for all ages.  CPC currently serves over 8,000 people daily through 50+ contracted programs in 33 locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.

BuildingWorks is a pre-apprenticeship training that prepares interested candidates for careers in the building trades.  In partnership with the NYC District Council of Carpenters Labor Technicla College, the 3 month training is tuition-free and provides both classroom instruction and hands-on experience preparing you for success in a union apprenticeship.  Participants in BuildingWorks gain experience from a wide range of courses, including job readiness, industry related math, health and safety, as well as hands-on instruction in shop classes under the supervision of journey-level union carpenters.

Certifications received during the training may include:

• OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety
• 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Worker
• Scaffold User

A first year apprenticeship in the Carpenters Union earns $20/hour while receiving on the job training and technical classroom instruction.  For more than a decade, BuildingWorks has successfully trained hundreds of candidates most of whom who have joined -- and are completing--unionized apprenticeships....and are building careers in skilled trade.  Together we are helping to build the future of organized labor.

Candidates for the Fall 2016 BuildingWorks Pre-Apprenticeship Training must:

• Be 18 years of age at time of enrollment
• Have a High School  Diploma or GED, and pass a basic skills test at 8th  grade level
• Be either unemployed or underemployed
• Be physically able to work 
• Be legally eligible to work in the U.S.
• Pass a drug test
• Commit to completing the entire, full-time, 3 month training with classes running from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Open House at Chinese-American Planning Council at 165 Eldridge Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10002 on

Monday, 8/1/16,  8/8/16,  and  8/15/16  at 9:30 AM  (No one will be admitted after that time).

For more information call (212) 941-0041.