Trampas Puckett graduated from Portsmouth West High School and is a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Local 437. He became a foreman at the age of 19 and is employed as a Business Representative for the Indiana Ohio Kentucky Regional Council of Carpenters. He is currently a member of the South Central Ohio ESC School Board, the WIOA Board governing Scioto, Adams, Brown and Pike counties, and serves as the President of Community Action.