Carpentry Foundation

Carpentry Foundation Program at Selkirk College

This 24-week program prepares learners for entry level positions as apprentice carpenters with home builders or building contracting companies involved in residential, commercial, and industrial construction.

Students engage in a variety of classroom and shop activities. They learn theoretical principles of carpentry and building construction in the classroom and then apply their knowledge in the shop where they build structures in compliance with provincial and national codes. Students earn credit for the Level One technical training component of the carpentry apprenticeship as well as advance credit for 450 work-based hours of the practical on-the-job component of an apprenticeship.

Graduates of the Carpentry Foundation Program at Selkirk College typically find employment as apprentice carpenters engaged in the construction of wood, metal and concrete structures in residential, commercial, institutional and industrial settings.