Carpenter Foundation

Format: Full Time
Offered: Multiple intakes
Program Duration: 30 weeks
Delivery Location: Kelowna, BC

Program description

This 30-week (900 hours) program provides students with the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge to seek employment as an apprentice carpenter in the construction industry. The program introduces students to all aspects of the trades including the use of hand tools, portable power tools and other equipment used by carpenters. Through the construction of a residential wood-frame project students are given the opportunity to work with a variety of materials used by carpenters including lumber, panel products, concrete, fasteners and hardware. The focus is on developing practical skills for the construction workplace. Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will receive Level 1 technical training credit and 450 work-based -hours credit towards completion of the Carpenter Level 1 apprenticeship program.

Admission Requirements

Youth Train in Trades - in grade 12 (all core grad requirements completed apart from CLC A and B, and senior electives)
Minimum English 12 or English First Peoples 12 – 67% plus
Minimum Workplace Mathematics 11 or Foundations of Mathematics 11 or Pre-Calculus 11 – 67% plus
All Core grad requirements completed:
- Senior Grad requirements include: English 12 or English First Peoples 12, English 11, Senior Socials, Senior Math (Workplace mathematics or Foundations or Mathematics 11 or Pre-Calculus 11), and a Senior Science
- All grade 10 grad requirements.