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Within the category of "general carpentery", are six specific topics that make up our course of study this year. Each topic relates to the other in one way or another. Once you begin by learning the safe practises in carpenty, you will start the journey to developing desirable job skills that can be used both in the constrtuciton field or any field you choose as a lifelong career. A strong work ethic, attention to detail, critical thinking, teamwork, willingness to learn from mistakes, are traits that employers are yearning to find in todays upcoming work force. Always remember to ask questions as you journey the challenging path of "discovery and developement" . Each category below has an accompanying introductory article. After you read each article, type a one page three paragraph paper describing at least six things that you learned from the reading. Access to each article is by clicking on the picture. Remember, these are introductory articles and all these topics have additional pages dedicted to them.
General Carpentry
Here is where it all begins! The more you know how things are properly used, the safer you are and the more efficient you are. This article has great introductory safety tips. Remember, "Safety is No Accident" and that "Safety is Everyone's Personal Responsibility"!!
Tools have been and will continue to be an integral part of how essential parts of civilized life are developed and maintained. How could anything get built without tools? This is a great introduction to the 40 most important hand and power tools found in woodworking and contruction.
As a construction introduction class, I look for great articles that give you the sense of how the processes of building a house "fit" together. This is that article. It is simply written and will give you that basic knowledge of the steps to completing a build project.
Knowing the materials and how they are used is essential in the building process. Sometimes it is as simple as knowing if the material is used on the "inside" or the "outside" of a house. We will overview the wide variety of building materials and how they are used in a typical house.
Although the building path in residential construction has been firmly established , innovations from design, to materials, to procedures are constantly being looked at in order to sustain the future. An integral part of this is affected by green construction and the necessity to steward our finite planetary resources----that are being used up by the construction industry.
The end result of our journey is to overview the opportunities in the construction world and to help you to be better equiped to pursue a career in that field if you so choose. We will look at job trends, soft skills, relavant employability skills, apprenticships, and any other topic that addresses the current and ever changing job market. .
Safety
Tools
