Apprenticeship Carpentry Courses

CARP 0011 – Safety and Building Materials
(26hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on  safety legislation, regulations and industry policy in the trades; climbing, lifting, rigging and hoisting; Hazardous Materials and fire protection; construction equipment safety; apprenticeship training program orientation; solid wood products and wood joinery; manufactured construction products; fasteners, adhesives and sealants; and introduction to concrete.

CARP 0012 – Tools
(78hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on hand tools, portable power tools, stationary power tools, cutters, bits and abrasives; explosive-actuated tools; and pneumatic and fuel-powered tools.

CARP 00173 – Site Preparation, Building Layout, Foundations, and Floor Frame Systems
(74hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on preliminary building procedures, building loads and forces, foundation supports, concrete flatwork, foundation systems, floor frame support, and floor frames.

CARP 0174 – Residential Estimating and Drawing Interpretation
(62hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on drawing basics; orthographic drawings; pictorial drawings and sketching; drawing standards; drawing interpretation principles; math concepts; estimate foundation forms and concrete material requirements; and estimate floor systems material requirements.

CARP 0108 – Shop 1
(0hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction and practical experience in a shop setting. Participants are given an opportunity for skill development whereby they apply program concepts gained in the classroom through a series of practical applications. Participants will gain experience in sharpening tools; the safe use of common hand tools including hand planes, saws, and edge cutting, boring and clamping tools; and the safe operation of power tools including table saws, hand electric saws, jointers and thickness planers, band saws, drill presses, power sanders, mitre saws, routers and biscuit jointers, and pneumatic tools. Participants will also perform operations using tools to build a nail tray, whetstone box and finishing stool.  This course will also provide information and practical application on framing scaffold and basic rigging, building layout and setting elevations, constructing footing forms, constructing residential foundation forms, as well as, laying out and constructing floor frames.

CARP 0202 – Frame Structures
(42hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on construction site safety, wall framing systems, ceiling framing, and the building envelope.

CARP 0204 – Interior and Exterior Finishes
(43hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on windows and doors, exterior finishes, and residential roof coverings.

CARP 0205 – Wood Stairs
(31hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on single and multi-flight stairs.

CARP 0211 – Wood Frame Roofs
(60hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on roof framing systems, and engineered truss systems.

CARP 0212 – Light Commercial Estimating and Drawing Interpretation
(64hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on drawing standards, drawing interpretation, interpretation of building codes and standards, wall framing calculations, ceiling framing calculations, roof framing calculations, exterior and interior wall finish calculations, and straight and multi-flight stair calculations.

CARP 0208 – Shop 2
(0hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction and practical experience in a shop setting. Participants are given an opportunity for skill development whereby they apply program concepts gained in the classroom through a series of practical applications. Participants will gain experience in sharpening tools and blades; fabricating projects such as a chisel box, tool chest and a multi-purpose cabinet; installing different types of interior doors including pocket, bi-fold and bi-pass doors; laying out and constructing interior and exterior walls; laying out and framing gable and hip roofs; laying out and cutting gable studs and collar ties; laying out and constructing an intersecting roof; constructing a major framing project as a group; laying out and fabricating stairs; sketching full size drawings related to the various shop projects, as well as, drawing a vertical stair section.

CARP 0304 – Commercial Formwork
(64hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on piles, footings, and grade beams; wall and column forming; suspended concrete slabs; and concrete stairs.

CARP 0310 – Concrete and Building Layout
(42hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on commercial and industrial construction site safety, scaffolding, concrete mix design, transporting and placement of concrete, finishing and curing of concrete, joints and reinforcements for concrete, pre-stressed and precast concrete, and survey equipment.

CARP 0311 – Commercial Interiors and Exteriors
(64hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on interior systems and door frames; commercial doors and windows; commercial exteriors; commercial roofs; fire protection, acoustics and commercial insulation; commercial fasteners and anchors; timber construction; and commercial interior millwork.

CARP 0312 – Commercial Estimating and Drawing Interpretation
(70hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on drawing standards, commercial drawing interpretation, commercial concrete structures material takeoffs, commercial concrete volume calculations, cut and fill calculations, concrete stair calculations, and interior systems calculations.

CARP 0308 – Shop 3
(0hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction and practical experience in a shop setting. Participants are given an opportunity for skill development whereby they apply program concepts gained in the classroom through a series of practical applications.  Participants will gain experience in building and laying out a sawhorse; fabricating a plastic laminate project and chisel box; setting up and using a builder’s level and transit; locating property pins and laying out buildings; and erecting and dismantling tall wall form, round columns, square columns, battered form, and partial slab and beam complete with a drop panel using shore posts.  Participants also layout and construct a concrete stair form, install metal jambs, install suspended ceilings and install metal track and studs.

CARP 0410 – Workplace Organization and Interior Finishes
(69hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on industrial construction site safety, Alberta’s industry network, workplace coaching skills, Interprovincial Standards Red Seal Program, job scheduling, construction materials management, cabinet installation, trim installation, walls and storage, wood finishing, flooring, and interior finish carpentry project.

CARP 0411 – Advanced Roof Framing and Stairs
(75hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on advanced roof framing, housed stairs, winder stairs, and curved stairs.

CARP 0412 – Renovations, Building Design, Energy Efficiency and Building Science
(42hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on renovations, additions, architectural building design concepts, barrier-free design and ergonomics, energy efficient construction, energy efficient building design, energy efficient framing, and insulation and air barriers.

CARP 0413 – Industrial Estimating and Drawing Interpretation
(54hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction on industrial trade math, interior finish calculations, industrial project costing, roof calculations, advanced stair calculations, and industrial drawing interpretation.

CARP 0408 – Shop 4
(0hrs, non-credit)

This course provides instruction and practical experience in a shop setting.  Participants are given an opportunity for skill development whereby they apply program concepts gained in the classroom through a series of practical applications.  Participants will gain experience in scribing and fitting panelling, constructing a night table from a drawing, constructing kiosks or alcoves, constructing winder and circular stairs, constructing a housed stringer complete with a balustrade, constructing and completing the final test project (computer desk) which is marked by industry evaluators, and framing unequal slope roofs.