We are the Indiana Kentucky Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters – over 35,000 men and women proudly building America. Entering our apprenticeship is the best way to start your career as a carpenter, millwright, pile driver or floor coverer. We take an “earn-as-you-learn” approach to our apprenticeship, ensuring you can earn a good, living wage with benefits for your family – right from the start.

Our apprenticeship is a four-year program that gives you a solid education, in the classroom and on the job. You learn the best techniques—from the most experienced craftsmen and women in the field—building a foundation that will help you be successful throughout your career. You won’t go into debt getting your education either, in fact, you’ll make money throughout your apprenticeship.

IKORCC apprenticeships offer a direct path to a rewarding career and a financially solid future. Financial security, high demand careers, pride in your skills, and a sense of community: the IKORCC apprenticeship delivers it all in a comprehensive, highly respected program.

Local 18 provides state-of-the art training in four all-weather, state-of-the-art facilities in Cygnet, Logan, Miamisburg and Richfield, Ohio. This is where Local 18 offers one of the best apprenticeship and training programs within IUOE.

The IUOE’s apprenticeship program is a paid, four-year, full-time commitment leading to journeyperson status at a full union wage. An apprentice must:

• Complete 160 hours at the training site each year for four years.

• Obtain a commercial driver’s license during first year of apprenticeship.

• Demonstrate proficiency on one machine per year in each year of the program.

• Complete 4,000 hours of paid on-the-job training.

Sitting on 119 acres of rolling, scenic ground, the Drexel J. Thrash Training Center is a quiet, tranquil place to conduct training sessions. Located near the center of the state of Ohio, the Center is accessable to all LIUNA members in the state. We are located on U.S. 36, 12 miles east of Mt. Vernon between Howard and Millwood. We are 1/4 of a mile west of the junction of U.S. 36 and U.S. 62. The Center offers a full training schedule from October through May, with classes offered on a “as needed” basis through the summer. Nearly all training can be performed indoors during inclimate weather.

For many, apprenticeships offer the unique opportunity to learn a trade while also earning a paycheck. And for the most part, that is true. But there is so much more to an apprenticeship than meets the eye! That’s because an apprenticeship is more than just a job: it’s a path to a successful career.

The Cement Masons work primarily on industrial, commercial and highway projects. Concrete and its related products are used as an effective durable product to safely support your offices, schools, homes, restaurants, churches as well as any of the structures that you may inhabit on a daily basis. The Cement Masons utilize the strength and versatility of concrete for the foundation of your roadways, power plants, airport runways and dams. They also perform work on driveways, sidewalks, walls and ceilings, curbs, gutters and slabs on grade. Additionally, the Cement Masons do specialty work such as self-leveling gypsum and epoxy floors.

Plasterer work has been around for centuries and is as durable and long-lasting as the ancient pyramids and can also serve as a delicate and decorative ornamental cornice in a museum. During the early years, gypsum and hair (normally horse hair) was introduced to add strength and endurance to plaster. Research shows that many of the modern tools in the present day are not far from the design, shape and intention of those early tools for plastering techniques. Today’s Plaster and its related products are more refined and resilient than ever and are used as a building material for interior and exterior applications.

Our great union has been here in Columbus, Ohio for over 100 years. Local Union 189 is a proud organization whose purpose is to serve those who toil in the plumbing and mechanical piping industry. We take great pride in our Apprentice and Journeyman training to provide the best craftsmanship money can buy. Along with our MCACO Mechanical Contractors we have forged a partnership to build a strong and viable Plumbing and Piping Industry in Central Ohio.