Carpentry - Southwest Virginia Community College

Carpentry from Southwest Virginia Community College is a Campus Certificate Carpenters degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Purpose: This Career Studies Certificate in Carpentry is in response to the non-conventional short-term program of study needs of many adults in our service region for an award which provides for upgrading, re-training, and investigating career possibilities. Occupational Objectives: Training through this program, which may consist of both on-line and classroom work, is designed to prepare the learner with basic knowledge for essential workplace skills needed as a skilled labor in the construction trades. To develop the construction professional following new national craft standards established for the construction industry. Focus will be to present information in a step-by-step fashion, further enhanced through learn-by-doing hands on approach. Skill sets will provide the student learner the opportunity to work with their hands in creative manner demonstrating that carpentry is an essential part of life and human endeavors. Student may cut and shape wood, plastics, tiles, fiberglass and other materials using hand tools and a variety of power tools and equipment. Instructional tenets shall encompass understanding of plans and blueprints, regulator codes, tools and building materials, and mechanical skills related to construction techniques adopted for builders and remodelers of residential and light commercial projects with emphasis on single family units coupled while examining high production builders' objectives. View more details on Southwest Virginia Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Carpenters courses.