Carpentry Technology

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Carpentry Technology

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Tuition, Fees, and Financial Aid

The Carpentry Technology program provides carpentry students with a positive and professional experience. By using the most up-to-date equipment and the newest technology, program faculty strive to always run parallel with the present-day building industry. Students receive two years of excellent training that sufficiently prepares them for the residential and light commercial construction workforce.

Program Objectives

A graduate of this program will be able to do the following:

  • Write clear, concise, legible, and accurate technical reports and be skilled in oral communication related to the construction industry.
  • Demonstrate the basic manipulative skills of the trade that are necessary in laying out work, planning, erecting, and framing.
  • Interpret and prepare plans, drawings, codes and specifications, lines, symbols, and abbreviations on working drawings or blueprints.
  • Analyze specifications and contract drawings as well as make accurate quantity take-offs and labor estimations to develop an estimated construction cost for a building project.
  • Demonstrate the ability to lay out and erect a platform or western frame structure.
  • Demonstrate basic knowledge and skill in masonry and in the concrete construction trade.
  • Describe various types of materials and methods available to the construction trade.
  • Describe business organization, financing, labor relations, selling, pricing, customer service, management, and other business principles.
  • Describe the complexity of the building construction industry, the interrelationships of the various trades, and methods of communication and coordination among all trades and professions within the industry.
  • Encourage the practice of staying current with any new technology or codes related to the building industry. 

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Essential  Skills

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