This certificate provides training in the nomenclature, methods, and materials necessary to build a complex wood-framed building, including framing of floors, walls, ceilings, roofs, and stairways. This certificate includes required instruction in appropriate safety practices and procedures, basic blueprint reading, construction principles, procedures, tools, and equipment, basic carpentry nomenclature, and hands-on tool usage and framing skills. Additional elective coursework is required in one or more of the following areas: advanced framing, concrete, woodworking, finish carpentry, contractor license preparation, and drywall skills. Students completing this certificate program will be qualified for employment in companies both union and nonunion where carpentry or woodworking skills are needed.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

🗸 Identify basic OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) requirements and employ proper safety actions.

🗸 Use appropriate tools to plan construction projects accurately.

🗸 Describe and evaluate different framing systems and the materials required for building plan specifications.

🗸 Apply construction skills to a variety of rough and finish construction projects.

🗸 Analyze and evaluate floor plans and their interconnected systems.