The Carpentry program provides students with entry-level skills required in the home construction industry or a related field of carpentry. Instructional units cover safety, hand tools, power tools, use of transit, blueprints, pneumatic fasteners, and estimation. This instruction combined with practical experience in and out of the shop compliments the main emphasis of the phases of residential construction. Upon completion of the carpentry program, students should have the qualifications to start a career as a carpenter’s helper for a contractor, government agency, industrial plant, or cabinet and millwork factory. After meeting the requirements, students may also apply for entrance into an apprenticeship program or a post-secondary program.
Topics of Study:
Construction Materials
Survey Instruments and Operations
Hand Tools
Floor, Wall, and Ceiling Frame Construction
Power Tools
Roof Frame Construction
Construction Equipment
Stairway Construction
Jobsite Safety
Interior and Exterior Finish
Building Design and Blueprint Reading
Fundamental Cabinet Making
Post-Secondary Options:
Pennsylvania College of Technology Carpentry
Millwork Masonry Luzerne County Community College General Business Johnson College Carpentry Millwork Military United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Nature of the Program:
Carpenters must perform a variety of tasks on a day-to-day basis. They can work in cabinet and millwork factories, or as building or remodeling contractors.
Career Opportunities: Millwright Cabinetmaker, Construction Supervisor or Foreman Lumber Products Store Manager Estimator Materials Sales Rough or Finish Carpenter
Co-Op opportunities: Lumber yards General contractors Home Manufacturers
