Carpentry Diploma

Program Overview:

RCTC’s Carpentry program is designed to prepare students for careers as carpenters in residential and commercial construction, factories, cabinet shops, and building maintenance fields.

Course instruction includes carpentry theory, shop practice, foundations, rough framing, interior and exterior finishing, blueprint reading and cost estimating. Students will have hands on experience with power tools including nails guns, power saws and various woodworking equipment.

Program Outcomes:

Upon completion of the Carpentry program at RCTC, students will achieve the following outcomes:

• Show skills in communication, confident decision-making, and team work enabling students to work as a productive member of a construction crew.
• Demonstrate the safe use of the appropriate tools, materials, and techniques as required to carry out work on a building project.
• Read and interpret information from blueprints and specifications.
• Estimate materials and labor costs to complete a building project.
• Perform general carpentry skills, apply codes, and safety standards.
• Adapt a sense of pride, professionalism, and the desire to progress and excel in the construction trades.
• Build character and gain confidence to seek employment within the skilled trades.

Career Opportunities:

Career opportunities exist with independent home builders, commercial contractors, lumberyards, furniture manufacturers, and cabinet making shops. Graduates typically start out as entry-level carpenters. With further education and work experience, they can become journeymen carpenters, foremen or start their own business.

Additional Information:

The primary activity of the program is the construction of a residential home that includes site layout, footings, framing, roofing, insulating, drywall and finish trim. Two-thirds of the instruction is onsite at the construction location.

CARPENTRY DIPLOMA

PROGRAM CORE REQUIREMENTS (32 CREDITS)

• CR 1600 – Carpentry Theory I (3 cr)
• CR 1610 – Residential Blueprint Reading (2 cr)
• CR 1612 – Shop Practice I (2 cr)
• CR 1622 – Carpentry Theory II (3 cr)
• CR 1623 – Rough Framing (5 cr)
• CR 1625 – Footings and Foundations (2 cr)
• CR 1627 – Roof Systems (2 cr)
• CR 1632 – Construction Estimating (3 cr)
• CR 1635 – Shop Practice II (2 cr)
• CR 1636 – Interior Finishing (4 cr)
• CR 1637 – Exterior Finishing (4 cr)

RECOMMENDED COURSE SEQUENCES

FULL-TIME

• Semester 1 (16 Credits): CR 1600, CR 1610, CR 1612, CR 1623, CR 1625, CR 1627
• Semester 2 (16 Credits): CR 1622, CR 1632, CR 1635, CR 1636, CR 1637

Course descriptions can be found at: RCTC course descriptions