Carpentry
Engineering, Construction and Trades Academy
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Trades & Transportation Pathway
Program Description
The residential Carpentry program provides training to students in all aspects of residential construction. Students acquire a solid foundation of skills and knowledge in the areas of: safe use of hand and power tools, measuring and cutting, accuracy with levels, rulers, and squares, interpreting drawings and blueprints, and door, window, kitchen, and bath installations. Students also erect concrete forms, wood frame structures, floor joists, stud wall partitions, subflooring, sheathing, stairs, rafter installation, roofing, and siding.
Minuteman provides students with instruction in all aspects of mill and residential carpentry, as well as energy-saving and super-insulation techniques. The competency-based curriculum and hands-on approach enables students to be ready for off-campus projects. Abilities and talents which a student needs in order to be successful in residential carpentry include good math ability, mechanical aptitude, physical fitness and ability to work with others.
Course Content
- Safe use of hand and power tools
- Scaffold, ladder, personal protective equipment training
- Measuring and cutting materials
- Identify house construction materials
- Demonstrate concrete foundation methods
- Read and interpret construction blueprints, working drawings and building codes
- Layout floor joists, stud walls, ceiling joist, rafters, stair stringers
- Estimate material costs associated with building construction
- Apply interior/exterior wall finishes
- Install interior casing and mill work
- Install door/window units and build basic stair system
- Sustainability & Green Technologies
Career Tree: Carpentry
Carpentry Instructors
Francis LaRosa
Patrick Savage
Industry Certifications
- 1 year’s credit towards Construction Supervisor’s License
- OSHA 10-Hour Construction Safety
- CPR Certification
Possible Career Pathways
- Architectural Woodworker
- Construction Manager
- Dry Waller
- Finish Carpenter
- Framer
- Roofer
- Sales & Estimating
- Self-Employed Contractor & Remodeler
- Siding Installer
- Union Carpenter
Employers Hiring Minuteman Graduates
- Bob Foss Contracting
- Custom Contracting
- Kistler & Knapp Builders
- Villandry Contracting
Salary
Massachusetts averages:
- 1-2 Years Experience: $27.54/hour or $64,781/year
- 10 Years Experience: $32.33/hour or $83,110
National average:
- $23.20/hour or $48,260/year
Sources: Indeed.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
(Updated 1/1/23)
Advisory Committee Partners
- A Concord Carpenter, LLC.
- Fienmen Construction
- Orr Construction
- R.S. Osmond Co., Inc.
- Silva Brothers
- Smith Construction
- The Copper & Slate Company
- Wheeler Construction
College Partners
- Central Maine Community College
- New England Institute of Technology
- Northeastern University
- Wentworth Institute of Technology