Carpentry Foundation

Carpentry Foundation

You'll get practical experience and detailed in-class training so you ll know how to create buildings from the ground-up and deliver the results employers want. Graduates of the Carpentry Foundation program at Selkirk College typically find employment as apprentice carpenters engaged in the construction of wood, metal and concrete structures in residential, commercial, institutional and industrial settings.

You ll get
" Theoretical principles of carpentry
" Practical in-shop training
" 450 work-based hours (towards your on-the-job apprenticeship component )
" Credit for your level one technical training
" Knowledge of provincial and national codes