Central South Carpenters Regional Council

What Central South Carpenters Regional Council does

Central South Carpenters Regional Council (operating as the Southern Regional Council of Carpenters / SRCC) is a regional labor organization affiliated with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC), representing construction professionals across 11 Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Founded in 1881 and headquartered in Metairie, Louisiana, the Council operates 27 training centers delivering free vocational training in carpentry trades, millwright work, interior systems, and related construction crafts, with safety certifications and earn-while-you-learn apprenticeship pathways. The organization is led by Executive Secretary-Treasurer and CEO Kavin Griffin.

The Council's revenue model is built on recurring union dues from individual members who receive free training, apprenticeship placement, job listings, health and mental health benefits, and civic engagement resources in return. Signatory construction employers access a skilled temporary or permanent workforce that can be trained to project-specific requirements, creating a workforce supply relationship that is the secondary commercial interface. GTM is community-led: recruitment occurs through local union halls, hiring combines, high school outreach, pre-apprenticeship career connections, and a dedicated military veterans pathway, with content marketing via the southernrcc.org website and member newsletters.

Operationally, the Council functions as a regional arm of UBC rather than an independent corporate entity, with no venture, private equity, or public ownership structure; governance rests with elected officials and membership. Recent activity includes targeted hiring combines in Texas, a high school pipeline initiative at Local 551, expansion of member benefits (mental health, civic action), cross-border political advocacy for skills training funding in Ontario, and a 2026 U.S. Senate endorsement in Florida, all consistent with a mature labor organization executing incremental workforce development and political engagement rather than transformational expansion.

Name

Central South Carpenters Regional Council

Legal name

Southern Regional Council of Carpenters

Website

https://centralsouthcarpenters.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1881

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

The Central South Carpenters Regional Council (Southern Regional Council of Carpenters) is a UBC-affiliated labor organization representing construction professionals across 11 Southern states, operating 27 training centers and providing free vocational training, apprenticeship pathways, and signatory employer workforce staffing funded by member dues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Labor Union Services

NAICS

Apprenticeship Training (611513), Technical and Trade Schools (6115)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Carpentry & Framing (EDAOAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce Development & Continuing Education Divisions (Noncredit) (EDAHADAG), Work-Based Learning Programs (Internships, Apprenticeships, Community-Based Instruction) (EDAKANAF)

Keywords

• Carpenters union
• Trade apprenticeship programs
• Construction workforce staffing
• Carpentry vocational training
• Labor union services

Headquarters

HQ city

Metairie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Union Dues: Revenue generated through membership dues from union members. Members receive access to free training, benefits, job placement services, and career support in exchange for dues payments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Central South Carpenters Regional Council is a regional labor organization that recruits construction professionals into union membership, delivers free vocational training through 27 training centers across 11 Southern U.S. states, and provides signatory construction employers with access to a skilled temporary and permanent workforce. Its offerings center on union membership combined with apprenticeship pathways, paid trade training, job placement, and member benefits including health, mental health, and civic action programs.

Product overview

The Southern Regional Council of Carpenters offers a union membership platform providing skilled construction professionals access to free vocational training programs, job placement services, apprenticeship pathways, and comprehensive member benefits. The core offering consists of union membership combined with training delivery through 27 training centers across 11 states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas). Services include apprenticeship programs, career connections, job listings, and member benefits including mental health resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Union Membership Program Union membership for construction professionals (carpenters, millwrights, interior systems and related craftspeople) providing access to free training, job placement, benefits, career development, and representation under the United Brotherhood of Carpenters framework across 11 Southern states.
• Training Programs Free vocational training programs delivered through 27 physical training centers across 11 states, covering carpentry specialties, millwright work, interior systems, safety certifications, and continuing education for union members and signatory employer hires.
• Apprenticeship Program Structured earn-while-you-learn apprenticeship pathways connecting pre-apprentices to skilled trades, combining on-the-job training with classroom instruction at the council's training centers.
• Workforce Staffing and Job Placement Services Employment listings and hiring-event-based service that connects construction and maintenance employers with union members for temporary or permanent workforce placement, operated in coordination with signatory employer partnerships across the Southern region.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Ontario General Contractors Association (OGCA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 October 2025Ontario construction industry stakeholder that publicly defended the Skills Development Fund alongside the Carpenters' Regional Council, citing successful training programs and new entrant pathways to skilled trades.
• Progressive Contractors Association of CanadaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 October 2025Construction industry association that joined other stakeholders in defending Ontario's Skills Development Fund, supporting training programs and pathways to skilled trades.
• CLAC (Christian Labour Association of Canada)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 October 2025Labour association partner defending Ontario's Skills Development Fund, emphasizing successful training outcomes and new entrant pathways.
• IUOE Local 793minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 October 2025Operating Engineers union local that partnered with Carpenters' Regional Council to defend the Skills Development Fund and training programs.
• Ontario Pipe Trades CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 October 2025Construction trades council allied with Carpenters' Regional Council in defending Ontario training fund programs.
• LIUNA (Labourers' International Union of North America)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 October 2025Major construction trades union partnered with Carpenters' Regional Council to defend Skills Development Fund citing successful training outcomes.
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of AmericacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent labor organization (UBC) providing affiliation, brand recognition, and governance structure for the Southern Regional Council of Carpenters.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE): Major building-trades union representing heavy-equipment operators. Comparable as a peer trade union under the AFL-CIO umbrella operating apprenticeship training centers, dues-funded benefits, and signatory-employer job placement in the construction sector.
• Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA): One of the largest construction trades unions, training laborers in basic construction skills. Comparable peer because of overlapping regional organizing, free apprenticeship pipelines, and the same signatory-employer workforce model on shared construction projects.
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC): National parent labor union of which the Central South Carpenters Regional Council is an affiliated regional body. Comparable because it operates the same carpenter trade, apprenticeship structure, and signatory-employer model at a national scale.

Others

• Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC): National non-union construction trade association that operates apprenticeship and craft training programs for open-shop employers. Comparable because it competes for the same construction workforce demand and trains the same trades, but uses a non-union merit-shop model.
• National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER): Nonprofit that provides standardized craft-training curricula and credentials used widely across the construction industry. Comparable as an enabling/credentialing body whose apprenticeship framework is utilized by both union and open-shop training programs.

Direct peers

• New England Carpenters Regional Council: UBC regional council serving six New England states. Comparable as another regional body in the UBC structure delivering carpentry apprenticeship, journeyman upgrade training, and signatory-employer job referral.
• Eastern Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters: UBC regional council serving the Mid-Atlantic and parts of the Northeast. Comparable regional peer with the same UBC training curriculum, apprenticeship pathways, and signatory-employer workforce model.
• Midwest Carpenters Regional Council: UBC-affiliated regional council covering Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Directly comparable as another regional carpenters council operating apprenticeship programs, training centers, and employer-partnership staffing.
• North Central States Carpenters Regional Council: Another UBC-affiliated regional council covering the upper Midwest. Directly comparable as a sister regional body delivering the same carpentry apprenticeship system, training-center model, and dues-funded services across a different geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CSCarpenters

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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