Instructors
Bob Brady, Carpentry:
A member of Local 639 and an 18-year member of the UBC, Brady is a veteran carpenter versed in a variety of skills. His certifications include cabinetmaking, sheet goods, CAD, vinyl flooring, total station, metal studs, door hardware, and OSHA 500.
Bill Crossley, Safety Manager and Lead Instructor:
A member of Local 95 and a 29-year member of the UBC, Crossley is a veteran carpenter with experience as a foreman, lead carpenter, steward, instructor, safety manager and lead instructor. Crossley specializes in safety and concrete. His certifications include scaffold, rigging, OSHA 500, lead, hazardous waste, CPR/First Aid, total station, confined space, aerial lift, and Power Industrial Truck. He was also a part of the UBC’s Carpenter International Training Fund’s General Sills curriculum team.
Jim Ebert, Interior Systems and Carpentry Instructor:
A member of Local 940 and a 27-year member of the UBC, Ebert is a veteran cabinetmaker and carpenter with experience as a foreman, superintendent and estimator. Ebert has taught for more than six years, and specializes in interior systems and carpentry. Certifications earned include material safety data sheet, confined space, lift truck, OSHA 500, insulated concrete formwork, C.O.M.E.T., lead abatement, solid surface, barrel ceilings, roof framing, teaching technology, substance abuse program trainer, power line hazard awareness, millwright 16 hour health and safety, OSHA 502, and scaffold erector trainer.
Joseph Horrigan, Millwright:
A member of Local 1871 and a 23-year member of the UBC, Horrigan is a former foreman, steward and journeyman millwright and pile driver. His specialties include optics, layout and welding. He has certifications in OSHA 10, gas turbine, tow motor, aerial lift, welding, and rigging.
Teresa Lester, Carpentry:
A member of Local 69 and a 30-year member of the UBC, Lester specializes in interior systems, concrete and general carpentry. She also was part of the UBC’s Carpenters International Training Fund’s interior systems’ new curriculum team. Her certifications include interior systems, insulated concrete forms, OSHA 500, scaffold and total station.
Craig Rosala, Flooring:
A member of Local 509 and a 34-year member of the UBC, Rosala specializes in all types of flooring, including flashcoving, linoleum and vinyl. Rosala’s certifications include INSTALL, Congoleum, Armstrong, National Wood Flooring Association, Mohawk Carpet and Shaw Carpet.
Dan Sustin, Mill-Cabinet:
A member of Local 95, Sustin is the primary millwork and cabinetry instructor, but also teaches interior finishes and general carpentry. His certifications include OSHA 500, cleanroom, scaffold, solid surface and best practices in hospital construction for occupied facilities.
Keith Taylor, Carpentry:
A member of Local 212 and a 21-year member of the UBC, Taylor specializes in residential carpentry. Taylor’s certifications include scaffold, solid surface, and heavy-gauge steel frame.
Carpenter
A graduate of the apprenticeship program and a carpenter for nearly 20 years, Irene made the move from a career in social work to carpentry at a time in her life when she was looking for a more fulfilling job experience.
“The apprenticeship program offers a whole spectrum of experiences from rough framing and safety to stair building and finish carpentry. It helped provide me with an education in materials and applications to prepare me for a career in the commercial construction industry.
Being in the union, and having my on-the-job experiences helped me take on leadership roles. I’ve taught courses in a pre-apprenticeship program, and have even done some teaching in the carpenters’ apprenticeship program.
I now have a skill I can use. Once you have that skill, no one can take that away from you.”