Skill Descriptor: Explore and identify careers and their requirements in the carpentry trade.

Global Competencies: ICE, SASM, SGC, CM, CL, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Identify and contribute my strengths as part of a team to completing a carpentry project.
• Demonstrate effective communication with peers, clients, employers, co-workers.
• Create a pathway to future opportunities in skilled trades and/or carpentry industry.
• Determine technical training, mentorship and/or apprenticeship programmes to enter a career in the carpentry industry.

Skill Descriptor: Demonstrate ethical and legal responsibilities of employment in carpentry industry.

Global Competencies: ICE, SASM, CM, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Read and interpret contractual documents to determine requirements and obligations for different types of roles.
• Identify liabilities in contract documents
• Determine potential solutions to address legal liabilities.
• Identify ethical, professional responsibilities of carpentry careers.
• Demonstrate ethical, professional behaviours appropriate to worksites.
• Discuss inclusionary practices for employees and employers.

Skill Descriptor: Identify and prevent hazards that could lead to injury, mental and physical illness, and fatalities at work or in their workspace.

Global Competencies: SASM, CM, CTPS

Achievement Indicators:

• Identifying potential hazards and employ proper safety procedures in the workplace where applicable.
• Locate first-aid supplies and determine when first aid is required and when hospitalization is required.
• Locate and engage the emergency action plan in the workplace.
• Demonstrate responsible behaviour to prevent accidents in personal workspace.
• Utilize training to safety address workplace hazards and conditions.
• Select procedures and equipment to complete projects and work in a safe manner.
• Earn certification and apply an understanding and applications of Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) symbols.

Skill Descriptor: Utilize a variety of dimensionally standard locally produced natural materials for construction, repair or renovation of a structure

Global Competencies: ICE, SASM, CM, CTPS, SGC

Achievement Indicators:

• Identify types of softwoods and describe their properties.
• Select the optimal type of wood and dimensions for different applications in the construction of a structure.
• Locate and utilize appearance grade or structural grade information from a certified stamp to determine appropriate lumber for a given structure.
• List the advantages and disadvantages of using natural woods as structural and design components.
• Investigate alternative materials for endangered or unavailable natural woods or wood species of environmental concern.
• Investigate sustainable harvesting practices and select the most sustainable local lumber for construction of structures.
• Determine the best use for selected lumber in a structure considering the grain pattern of the lumber.
• Demonstrate proper handling and use, disposal and storage, and potential safety and environmental hazards of materials.
• Investigate how construction is impacted by the materials available in the natural environment across various cultures including Wabanaki designs in New Brunswick.

Skill Descriptor: Utilize machine stress rated lumber (MSR), other engineered products to construct, or renovate and repair a structure.

Global Competencies: ICE, SASM, CM, CTPS, SGC

Achievement Indicators:

• Justify the selection and use of materials for construction projects.
• Justify the best materials for exterior finishes for given constraints.
• Justify the best materials for sheathing projects for given constraints.
• Justify the best materials for subfloor construction or repair for given constraints.
• Justify the best materials for structural construction for given constraints.
• Justify how selected materials make the construction of a structure more sustainable.

Skill Descriptor: Engage with construction techniques to build, repair and renovate a safe structure.

Global Competencies: ICE, SASM, CM, CTPS, SGC, CL

Achievement Indicators:

• Construct a functional floor to code for a new build.
• Construct, erect and plumb walls with and without openings.
• Construct a conventional rafter for a new build.
• Design, layout and manufacture a trussed rafter.
• Draw, calculate and construct common styles of roofs with accepted standard weight loads and spans.
• Read a floor plan to repair or renovate an existing build.
• Repair or renovate an existing build by upgrading to code or increasing safety.

Skill Descriptor: Engage with a variety of mechanical fasteners and adhesives to determine optimal application in carpentry construction or repair and renovation projects.

Global Competencies: ICE, SASM, CM, CTPS, SGC

Achievement Indicators:

• Demonstrate the safe and appropriate install of chosen fastener.
• Identify and use the appropriate fastener for a structural project from a design or personal experience.
• Identify and determine the size, gauge and length of fasteners and matching tool to complete a carpentry project.
• Select the correct adhesive for the project based on its properties and intended use of the object.
• Identify mechanical fasteners used in given structural project.

Skill Descriptor: Engage in surface preparation and sheathing techniques in the carpentry construction industry.

Global Competencies: ICE, SASM, CM, CTPS, SGC

Achievement Indicators:

• Using industry sheathing techniques, construct a structure that is safe and meets building code.
• Prepare a vertical surface by verifying a wall is plumb and ready for the exterior sheathing.
• Prepare a horizontal surface by verifying it is level and ready for sheathing.
• Read a design document and safely complete a carpentry construction project with the directed finishes, the proper tools, applicators and materials.
• Select appropriate tools and materials for a required sheathing application.
• Demonstrate proper handling and use, disposal and storage of sheathing, and their potential safety and environmental hazards.
• Demonstrate environmentally conscious decision-making when selecting more sustainable products for sheathing of construction projects.
• Utilize energy audits and/or information on energy efficiency and insulation to improve energy efficiency of structures.
• Identify methods of renovating an existing build to increase energy efficiency.

Skill Descriptor: Create drawings, drafts, plans or models to construct, repair or renovate a structure to code.

Global Competencies: ICE, SASM, CM, CTPS, SGC

Achievement Indicators:

• Create or draft a design for a structure or renovation/repair for a client.
• Justify which framing system will be most suitable for your design and client needs.
• Convert from imperial to metric units and vice versa, while working with designs and constructing structures.
• Determine and calculate the quantity of materials and costs required for a project with accepted standards from design documents.
• Determine and calculate the person hours/labour costs for a project from design documents.
• Demonstrating knowledge of industry recognized framing procedures and conventions to construct, repair or renovate a structure.
• Use technology and assistive tools to create designs and models of structures.

Skill Descriptor: Construct or repair and renovate a structure to industry standards using carpentry tools and measurement skills.

Global Competencies: ICE, SASM, CM, CTPS, SGC

Achievement Indicators:

• Demonstrate accuracy in measurement and the application of mathematical estimation skills (metric & imperial)
• Construct, repair or renovate a structure using standard metric and/or imperial units.
• Select and use tools safely to complete a project to client satisfaction.
• Justify the most appropriate tool to complete a project with the best outcomes for the constraints.
• Safely and properly store and maintain, tools and equipment.
• Engage with carpentry specific tools to create true, and structurally sound structures.
• Calibrate tools properly while constructing a structure.
• Apply understanding of areas, angles and ratios to construct safe structures using carpentry specific tools.