Program Overview

Renovation Techniques – Construction Carpentry

Overview

The construction industry is booming, and now is the time to get the skills you need to work in this diverse field. From foundation to framing, learn to construct and retrofit new buildings in one of the largest construction labs in the province.

Your Future Career

• Commercial or residential construction
• Carpentry and general contracting
• Homebuilding companies
• Woodworking shops
• Restoration
• Lumberyards and hardware stores

What You Learn

• Carpentry skills
• Portable and stationary power tools
• Building materials
• Site layout
• Foundation systems
• Wood framing
• Ontario Building Code

Admissions Requirements

• OSSD or equivalent, ENG4C or ENG4U
• If English is not your first language, you must provide proof of English competency.

Curriculum

Semester 1

• BTT025 | Tools & Equipment
• CAR015 | Site Layout & Foundations - Theory
• CAR016 | Site Layout & Foundations - Lab
• CAR075 | Blueprint Reading I
• CMM125 | College Communications
• MTH119 | Math for Carpenters
• WLD008 | Welding for Carpenters

Semester 2

• CAR032 | Wood Framing
• CAR095 | Finishes I
• HUM100 | Interpersonal Relations

Tuition Fees

28 weeks – Ontario College Certificate

• Commerce Court Campus – Domestic
  • Year | Tuition | Ancillary Fees | Material Fee | Trip Fee | Total
  • ---|---|---|---|---|---
  • 1 | $2720.24 | $1587 | $135 | - | $4442.24
• Commerce Court Campus – International
  • Year | Tuition | Ancillary Fees | Material Fee | Trip Fee | Total
  • ---|---|---|---|---|---
  • 1 | $15547.54 | $1975.5 | $135 | - | $17658.04

What You Need

• Textbooks: Check out the Campus Bookstore to not only purchase your textbooks but also view your book list before the semester starts.
• Technology/Devices: Canadore College has implemented Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to enhance your learning experience in and out of the classroom while ensuring flexibility in learning.
• You will also need: Please view the Required Tool List

Certification/Accreditation

• Ontario College Certificate

Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes represent culminating demonstrations of learning and achievement. In addition, learning outcomes are interrelated and cannot be viewed in isolation of one another. As such, they should be viewed as a comprehensive whole. They describe performances that demonstrate that significant integrated learning by graduates of the program has been achieved.

View Program Vocational Learning Outcomes

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Find out more about General Education program requirements here.