Technology Woodworking Technology is a two-year program that prepares students in basic residential carpentry for jobs in the Home Building Industry. Students learn carpentry , theory, and skills involved in framing, finishing and blueprint reading. Students are encouraged to set goals and practice to master building skills. Shelby County is in desperate need of skilled carpenters. The Shelby County Economic Committee Task Force cites carpentry as one of the five areas of skilled labor in the greatest shortage in Shelby County.
Students learn to build wooden structures and framing houses is given strong emphasis.
Since restrictions and liability have become so stringent, students are not taken off the campus to work in actual construction sites but they do work on smaller projects that can be accomplished on this campus. Woodworking Technology is a specialized course in carpentry. Students learn skills that are applied in a wide range of jobs related to woodworking home building. Carpentry skills comprise a major part of the course with some more specialized areas such as cabinet making and wood projects included . Graduates can find employment in the vast home building industry in Shelby County and surrounding areas.