Finishing Trades Institute of DC 14 Chicago

Finishing Trades Institute of DC 14 Chicago in Berkeley, IL trains painters, drywall finishers and industrial coatings apprentices through 3 distinct programs. The site says each runs about 3 years, with 1 day a week in class and 4 days a week in the field. Its drywall finishing track includes 576 classroom hours over 72 weeks and 4,000 hours to journeyman, and apprentice wages rise from 40% of journeyman scale to 100%. The institute is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education.