30 Credits

This certificate prepares the student with the basic skills and knowledge required to find employment with specialty or general contractors whose focus is either Exterior or Interior finishes. The student will have developed skills in installing various exterior siding and trim, basic desk design and construction, steel stud framing, drywall installation and finishing, installing interior doors and other related interior trim pieces. Additionally, the student will have proficient skills in portable and stationary woodworking tools, as well as material knowledge and specifications. This certificate also meets two of the six CEATT (Carpenters Employers Apprenticeship Training Trust) Preferred Enrollment and Advance Placement requirements.

Contact: Robert Bean, rbean@greenriver.edu

Program Website:

Carpentry Technology | https://www.greenriver.edu/students/academics/areas-of-interest/program-maps/trades-industrial-tech-aviation-natural-resources/carpentry-technology/index.html

Program Outcomes:

Students who successfully complete this program will be able to:

1. Be employed as a carpenter helper or a union carpentry apprenticeship program.
2. Demonstrate efficiency, safety, and accuracy in the completion of carpentry tasks.
3. Use all basic hand and power tools related to carpentry.
4. Form and pour a typical foundation for a basic home.
5. Frame the wooden structure for a basic single-story home.
6. Install all basic interior trim components for a home.
7. Install all basic exterior trim components for a home.
8. Read and interpret basic architectural residential prints
9. Calculate, layout and install basic stairs and components.
10. Calculate, install and sheath typical stick-framed roof structures.
11. Build a basic kitchen base cabinet to within 1/32” of all given dimensions
12. Form and pour typical concrete slabs.
13. Estimate materials and supplies to build a basic single story residential home.