Carpentry

The Carpentry program is designed to instruct students in the essential skills and knowledge needed to build a home, while putting those lessons into practice through hands-on projects and our tiny house build.In their first year, students build a strong foundation in construction. They learn how to safely use hand and power tools, understand construction math and estimating, communicate effectively, work as a team, and develop the employability skills needed to succeed in the construction industry. In their second year, students take those foundational skills and apply them to residential construction. They learn about building materials, fasteners and adhesives, wall systems, roof framing, building envelope systems, and interior and exterior finishes. The tiny house project brings all of these chapters together. Students have the opportunity to see how individual skills connect to the larger process of building a home—from reading plans and laying out walls to framing, roofing, installing finishes, and completing the details that make a house a home. Along the way, students learn something just as important as carpentry: how to work with others. They learn to communicate, solve problems, take responsibility, mentor one another, and work together in a team of 4. Students who complete the program can further their education or enter into the workforce as a framing carpenter, mill worker, finish carpenter and more.