CARP 113 - Foundations and Floor Framing

Credits: 1-13
A competency-based course. Major areas of study include foundation forming and floor framing principles and practices; carpentry computation related to foundations and floor framing; International Residential Building Code requirements relating to foundations and floor framing; and related OSHA/WISHA construction safety standards. Credits are awarded upon competency completion. Leadership, workplace ethics, human relations, cultural diversity, attendance, punctuality, and craftsmanship are integral to instruction.

Enrollment Requirement: Instructor consent.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Locate and layout the location of a basic house foundation.
Form a basic single lift foundation for a residential home.
Read and interpret floor framing prints.
Frame a wooden floor system to accepted practices.
Interpret and apply building code requirements for both foundation and floor framing.
Use correctly and safely all hand and power tools related to foundations and floor framing.
Comply with all OSHA/WISHA construction safety standards.

Program Outcomes

Be employed as a carpenter helper or a union carpentry apprenticeship program.
Demonstrate efficiency, safety, and accuracy in the completion of carpentry tasks.
Use all basic hand and power tools related to carpentry.
Frame the wooden structure for a basic single-story home.
Form and pour typical concrete slabs.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.