Construction and Carpentry 10, 20, 30
Course Configurations
Demonstrate safe work habits and an attitude of working safely with tools around others to prevent unintentional injuries.
Demonstrate an understanding of tree growth and lumber production.
Demonstrate an understanding of how a variety of wood products are manufactured.
Demonstrate the calculation of material usage to arrive at a project cost.
Investigate various innovative building materials and processes and identify their relative advantages or disadvantages over wood and wood products.
Demonstrate proficiency and accuracy when measuring materials.
Demonstrate proficiency with a variety of hand tools to accomplish cutting, shaping, smoothing, and boring of wood.
Develop proficiency using a variety of portable power tools.
Develop increasing proficiency with a larger number of portable power tools.
Develop proficiency with operating a variety of stationary power tools.
Demonstrate increasing proficiency with an increasing number of complex stationary power tools.
Develop proficiency in using fasteners and adhesives effectively.
Demonstrate basic woodworking skills to complete a simple project.
Demonstrate increasing proficiency of woodworking skills to complete and assess a project.
Demonstrate increasing proficiency to complete a project of one’s own choosing and assess personal skills.
Investigate a variety of different methods and products to select an appropriate project finish.
Explore and evaluate the career development and occupation opportunities in the field of construction and carpentry in Saskatchewan, Canada, and globally, including postsecondary education programs.
Demonstrate the ability to accurately locate a building on a given site.
Demonstrate an understanding of pilings, footings, and basement wall construction.
Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the procedures and techniques involved in framing the floor of a typical residential construction.
Demonstrate the procedures for framing and sheathing walls in residential construction.
Illustrate practices used in various roof designs using the correct terminology.
Demonstrate an understanding of a number of materials and practices as applied to the roofing of residential buildings.
Demonstrate an understanding of how to select and install windows and doors using industry standards.
Understand the purpose and application of exterior finish to a residential building.
Demonstrate an understanding of insulation and vapour barrier and industry standard techniques for application.
Demonstrate an understanding of common interior finishing materials and their application.
Demonstrate an understanding of layout and assembly of a straight stairway.
Demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to construct a basic box project using a face frame or frameless process which may include doors and drawers.
Demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to construct a cabinetry project using a frame and panel process.
Recognize how school-based skills development is used to meet workplace expectations.
Recognize how school-based skills development is used to meet workplace expectations.
Gain experience in the world of work in the construction and carpentry industry to make informed career choices by expanding career research and exploration beyond the classroom.
Gain experience in the world of work in the construction and carpentry industry to make informed career choices by expanding career research and exploration beyond the classroom.
Reflect and report on the work experience including, but not limited to, hours of work, personal relationships, employer expectations, evaluation criteria, and overall personal performance.
Reflect and report on the work experience including, but not limited to, hours of work, personal relationships, employer expectations, evaluation criteria, and overall personal performance.
Investigate the apprenticeship and trade certification process and the role of the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission (SATCC), opportunities that apprenticeship offers, and the relationship between secondary level courses and apprenticeship training.