Our Foundation
The Hawaii Carpenters Apprenticeship & Training Fund is a partnership of several major construction industry organizations. These organizations signed a collective bargaining agreement that sets forth the responsibilities of the participating organizations.
Hawaii Regional Council Of Carpenters
General Contractors Labor Association
Building Industry Labor Association
Wall & Ceiling Industry Association Of Hawaii
Other Building Contractors
How We Operate
Oversight
A Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC), which includes representatives from the groups listed above, provides general leadership and oversight of the training program. The JATC also establishes guidelines and training requirements for apprenticeship participants.
Regulation
HCATF is registered with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and the State of Hawaii’s Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. It complies with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and other standards governing apprenticeships.
Learn More
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters
- Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters
- Hawaii Benefit Administrators, Inc.
- Pacific Resource Partnership
- Honolulu Community College
- U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
- Hawaii Revised Statutes (Chapter 372: Apprenticeship)
- Hawaii Administrative Rules (Title 12, Chapter 30: Apprenticeship Programs) PDF
Building Success
HCATF is overseen by a Board of Trustees and the JATC Committee from partnering organizations, under the leadership of Executive Director Edmund C. Aczon.
Leadership With Experience
Aczon worked 13 years for Hawaiian Dredging & Construction Co. and started his own construction company, specializing in military contracts, in 1986. In 1995, he was named builder of the year by the Building Industry Association of Hawaii and Filipino entrepreneur of the year by the Filipino Chamber of Commerce, and he received an award of excellence from the Small Business Administration.
Management
- Patrick Gill (BILA)
- Michael Goodnight (HWCIA)
- Justin Izumi (BILA), Alternate
- Alan Hinahara (GCLA)
- Michael Mazzone (HWCIA), Alternate
- Conrad Murashige (GCLA), Chairman
Labor
- Dione Kalaola
- Travis Murakami
- Sean Newcamp, Secretary
- Juan Padasdao, Jr.
- Mitchell Tynanes
Ex-Officio
- Edmund C. Aczon, Director of Apprenticeship & Training
- Edgar Fernandez, DLIR, Workforce Development Division
Management Trustees
- Conrad Murashige (GCLA), Co-Chairman
- Patrick Gill (BILA)
- Alan Hinahara (GCLA)
- Dale Sakamoto-Yoneda (GCLA)
- Roy Morioka (GCLA)
- Lito Alcantra (HWCIA)
- Lance Wilhelm (GCLA), Alternate
- Barbara Kono (HWCIA), Alternate
Labor Trustees
- Ronald Taketa, Co-Chairman
- Kyle Chock, Secretary
- Sean Newcamp
- Mitchell Tynanes
- Travis Murakami
- Nathaniel Kinney
- Dione Kalaola
Executive Director
- Edmund C. Aczon, Director of Apprenticeship & Training
Trust Fund Administrator
- Rod Shinno, Hawaii Benefit Administrators, Inc.