Carpentry Foundation - Certificate
Overview
Students engage in a variety of classroom and shop activities. Theoretical principles of construction are learned in the classroom, while the majority of the time is spent in the shop where students learn and gain mastery of practical carpentry skills. Early activities include the fabrication of small projects where students learn safe practices, proper tool use and fundamental construction techniques. Gradually, students build structures of increased complexity that simulate real-world construction scenarios. Students learn to lay out buildings and to construct concrete formwork, floors, walls, roofs, and stairs in compliance with BC Building Code standards.
Educational Benefits
- Theoretical principles of carpentry
- Practical in-shop training
- 450 work-based hours (towards your “on-the-job apprenticeship component”)
- Credit for your level one technical training
- Knowledge of provincial and national codes
This 24-week program prepares learners for entry level positions as apprentice carpenters with home builders or building contracting companies involved in residential, commercial, or industrial construction. 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.
Job Duties
- Concrete, wood and metal frame construction
- Installation of interior and exterior finishing
- Residential, commercial and industrial projects
- Conforming to plans, specifications and local building codes
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. You'll get practical experience and detailed in-class training so you’ll know how to create buildings from the ground-up and deliver the results employers want.
Youth Train in Trades
The Youth Train in Trades program is designed to help secondary school students get a head start on careers in the trades while earning credit towards their high school graduation. Learn more online at Skilled Trades BC.
For more information, speak with your high school guidance counsellor or get in touch with Selkirk College’s Industry and Trades administrative assistant.
Program Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, learners will be able to:
- Apply safe work practices
- Use construction drawings and specifications
- Interpret building codes and bylaws
- Plan and organize work
- Perform trade mathematics
- Use tools and equipment
- Use levelling instruments and equipment
- Use access, rigging and hoisting equipment
- Lay out building locations
- Complete concrete formwork activities
- Demonstrate wood frame construction techniques
- Control the forces acting on a building
Admission Requirements
The following admission requirements are specific to the Carpentry Foundation Program:
- Graduation from a British Columbia senior secondary school or equivalent
- Workplace Math 11, or Selkirk AUD Math 46, with minimum of 60% or better
- Consideration will be given to mature individuals (19 years or older) who are not senior secondary school graduates, provided they are working to complete the recommended education:
- Grade 10 or equivalent including English 10, Mathematics 10
- Grade 12 preferred
- All applicants are required to complete a computerized placement test using the College Readiness Tool (CRT) in reading, writing and mathematics once they have submitted their application.
- Employers may require a higher level of math as part of their hiring policies.
- A refundable tool deposit of $100 will be required at the start of the program.
- Physically fit, (mobility/lifting) good manual dexterity, hand-eye coordination, balance, work at heights and in adverse weather.
- An interview (in person or by telephone) with the school chair or designate may be required before entry to the program. Interview results are not used as criteria for admission.
General
a) Applicants must submit a completed admission application form and other required documents (i.e. secondary school and any post-secondary transcripts) to the admissions office, Selkirk College.
b) Applicants are required to complete pre-admission College Readiness Tool in reading, writing and mathematics.
c) Consideration will be given to mature individuals (see below).
Mature Student (see Policy 8611: Admission)
a) A "mature student" is at least 19 years and has been out of the school system for at least one year on or before the first day of classes of the program.
b) A mature student with reasonable potential for success on the basis of work experience or other criteria may be admitted, notwithstanding some deficiency in prior formal education, at the School Chair’s Discretion.
c) A mature student shall normally meet the specific program or course prerequisites.
SELECTION
Applications will be separated into two levels as identified in Selkirk College Policy 8611: Admission, namely "fully qualified" and "partially qualified".
1. Fully Qualified
The applicant meets all of the requirements stated in Part I, A, above.
2. Partially Qualified
The applicant is deficient in meeting some or all of the admission requirements stated in Part I, A, above.
3. Order of Selection see Policy 8611: Admissions, Section 5.2 (8) and (9)
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
1. Before an applicant's file is considered to be complete, the following must have been received by the Admissions office:
a) Completed application form.
b) Official transcripts of high school grades (an interim statement of grades is acceptable if applicant is currently a student).
c) The results of College Readiness Tool (CRT).
2. Applications for admission will be received until the program is full.
Minimum of 70% required to receive credential.
PROMOTION
Students should keep records of their grades and strive to maintain a Progress Grade of 70% or better. Students should be aware of their Progress Grade at all times.
GRADUATION
1. Certificate Requirements
a) Completion of all courses in the program. (See below)
b) A Cumulative Average of 70% or better.
Note: The courses of study, curriculum and weighting of each are prescribed by the BC Industry Training Authority and are subject to change without notice.
Tuition & Fees
All amounts are estimates and are subject to change. Tuition amounts are based on a full-time course load. Please note that many programs have additional costs beyond those listed here. For more information, please visit Tuition & Fees.
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