The Carpentry Program

Carpentry is a program that prepares young men and women to apply technical knowledge and skills to lay-out, fabricate, erect, install, and repair wooden structures and fixtures using hand and power tools as they prepare for a career in residential construction. In addition, the program will prepare individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to set-up and operate industrial woodworking machinery and to use such machinery to design and fabricate wooden components and complete articles. Throughout the program, students will be exposed to various job situations where problem solving and decision-making will be tested and evaluated. Accuracy and precision will be required. Students will be instructed in state and local building codes as well as current changes in laws.

The ninth grade exploratory program introduces students to the career opportunities in the carpentry field. Shop safety practices are stressed. They will receive exposure to measuring instruments, hand tools, portable and stationary woodworking equipment and building materials.

The young men and women who select carpentry as their major course of study will be provided with instruction and experiences that will enable them to apply and demonstrate the acquisition of competencies in the following areas:

♦ Technical Mathematics
♦ Blueprint Reading
♦ Framing
♦ Job Estimating
♦ Construction Material Selection
♦ Foundations and Roughing
♦ Applications of codes and standards
♦ Use of hand and power tools
♦ Use of ladders and scaffolding
♦ Framing floors, walls, ceilings and roofs
♦ Finishing the interior and exterior of wooden structures
♦ Performing commercial carpentry tasks
♦ OSHA 10-hour Certification
♦ First Aid Certification
♦ CPR Certification

Upon completion of this technical program opportunities include, but are not limited to:

♦ Postsecondary Education
♦ Architecture
♦ Civil Engineering
♦ Carpenters Union
♦ Apprenticeship Training
♦ Remodeling Contractor