This course offers the harmonized curriculum for Level 1 Carpenter as outlined by the ITA.This course will introduce learners to the carpentry trade and safe work practices. Learners will earn credit for Level 1 Apprenticeship Technical Training in addition to practical and essential skills related to carpentry. Theoretical and practical instruction is provided through a variety of projects including stairs, forms for concrete, framed floors and walls, and roofs. Learners will spend approximately 70% of their time in practical skills development building a construction project from start to lock-up stage. Upon completion of the Enhanced Carpenter Foundation Program, learners will have 450 work-based training hours completed toward their Carpenter Apprenticeship..
Hours: 600 (Lecture Hours: 180; Field Experience Hours: 420)
Total Weeks: 20
Prerequisites:
None
Non-Course Prerequisites:
As students will be entering the worksite almost immediately, the following courses must be completed and submitted to student services prior to the add/drop date:
WHMIS
OFA Level 1
Industrial Worker Fall Protection.
Co-Requisites:
None
Course Content:
Safe Work Practices:
- Apply shop and site safety practices
- Apply personal safety practices
Documentation and Organizational Skills:
- Use construction drawings and specifications
- Interpret building codes and bylaws
- Plan and organize work
- Perform trade math
Tools and Equipment:
- Use hand tools
- Use portable power tools
- Use stationary power tools
Survey Instruments and Equipment:
- Use leveling instruments and equipment
Access, Rigging and Hoisting Equipment:
- Use ladders, scaffolds and access equipment
- Use rigging and hoisting equipment
Site Layout:
- Lay out building locations
Concrete Formwork:
- Use concrete types, materials, additives and treatments
- Select concrete forming systems
- Build footing and vertical framework
- Build slab-on-grade forms and suspended slab forms
- Install reinforcement and embedded items
- Place and finish concrete
Wood Frame Construction:
- Describe wood frame construction
- Select framing materials
- Build floor systems
- Build stair systems
- Build decks and exterior structures
Building Science:
- Control the forces acting on a building
Learning Outcomes:
This course follows the prescribed ITA Provincial curriculum for Carpenter. This document can be found in its most current form at: http://www.itabc.ca/program/carpenter
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of trade tools and equipment, and navigate a work site in a safe manner
- Apply trades math effectively to perform the complex equations required of their trade
- Comprehend building plans, architectural drawings and their various components
- Comprehend building code bylaws and the use of municipal permits
- Identify various products used in building framing, their composition, characteristics and uses
- Calculate the framing materials required, and frame residential housing projects
- Apply the principles used to counteract the loads and forces in construction design
Grading System: Percentage
Passing Grade: 70%
Percentage of Individual Work: 100
Supplies:
- A complete list of tools and equipment will be provided by Admissions upon acceptance to the program.
- Students will require appropriate personal safety clothing and CSA approved steel toed boots and hard hat.
Textbooks:
Textbooks are subject to change. Please contact the bookstore at your local campus for current book lists.