Teachers:
Jeffrey Miller & Michael Swiderski, East Campus
Michael Keiser, West Campus

The Carpentry program is accredited by the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) through the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and provides participants with defined career paths in carpentry. This program prepares students in all phases of carpentry through a combination of classroom, laboratory, and live work experiences to help the students develop their skills.

The instructional program will cover both types of carpentry work: rough and finish. Rough carpentry includes framing, sheathing, wood and steel studding, and flooring. Finish carpentry includes the installation of finished flooring,
stairwork, siding, trim, wallboards, windows and hardware.

Students in this program will also learn estimating, material identification, and the basics of both rough and finish carpentry related to residential construction, including such areas as blueprint reading, the use of power and hand tools, framing techniques, roofing, siding and the installation of trim and hardware. Cabinetmaking, as it relates to the building and installation of kitchen and bathroom cabinets and the installation of laminated materials, is also taught. Students can gain experience with skid loader operation.

As a participant in this program, students at the East Campus take part in the construction of the annual student-built house project. Its county-wide
reputation for quality makes this an exceptional “live work” opportunity that
will help hone your skills as you prepare to enter the workforce, apply for
apprenticeships or continue in a post-secondary program.

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