43 Credits

This certificate program prepares students with carpentry skills and knowledge related to the entire spectrum of residential, as well as parts of light commercial construction. Completion can lead to employment with either general or specialty contractors whose focus is on residential or light commercial building. Students develop a wide range of skills and knowledge in the carpentry trade ranging from foundations to interior trim.

Contacts: Robert Bean, rbean@greenriver.edu

Program Website:

Carpentry Technology | https://www.greenriver.edu/students/academics/degrees-programs/carpentry-technology/

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.