Student Leadership Organization

Skills USA

Motto

Preparing for Leadership in the World of Work

Mr. M. Johnson, Instructor

The Carpentry course of study prepares students to build houses and do various other wood-related crafts. Each student will actually build a house in miniature (average size of 21 x 30 inches) of their own. Students will also build a full-sized house as a group project. Students will learn skills and professional secrets in laying out, fabricating, erecting, installing and repairing wooden structures and fixtures. The course includes instruction in framing, types of materials, estimating cost of labor and materials, blueprint reading, roofing, finish work and painting. Students will learn how to design houses on the computer. This course is designed to guide the student into careers as carpenters, cabinet makers, foreman, supervisors or contractors in their own business.