Skill Descriptor: Explore careers in construction and the carpentry trade.

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

Achievement Indicators:

• Demonstrate effective communication with peers, clients, employers, co-workers.
• Discuss future opportunities linked to building construction and the carpentry trade.
• Research available technical training, mentorship and/or apprenticeship programmes to enter a career in carpentry.
• Identify the subtrades implicated in a specific project.
• Discuss how subtrades are coordinates in a residential building project.

Skill Descriptor: Demonstrate ethical and legal responsibilities of employment in residential construction.

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

Achievement Indicators:

• Identify potential liabilities in residential construction.
• Describe potential solutions to address liabilities.
• Identify ethical, legal, and professional responsibilities of carpenters working in residential construction.
• Discuss inclusionary practices for employees and employers.
• Apply proper accounting and invoicing procedures for client interactions.

Skill Descriptor: Identify and prevent hazards in the workplace.

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

Achievement Indicators:

• Successfully complete Safety Orientation at the New Brunswick Construction Association website (NBCSA) https://www.nbcsa.ca/eLearning/
• Demonstrate tool and machine operation safety protocols.
• Identifying potential hazards and employing proper safety procedures in the workplace.
• 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.
• Earn certification and apply an understanding and applications of Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) symbols. https://www.nbcsa.ca/eLearning/
• Perform a lock out tag out procedure on a piece of equipment in the carpentry lab.
• Explain the operation and purpose of guards on equipment.
• Explain the potential safety and environmental hazards associated with finishes and adhesives used in residential carpentry.

Skill Descriptor: Utilize a variety of both natural and manufactured residential finishing products.

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

Achievement Indicators:

• Justify the selection and use of manufactured materials for residential construction projects.
• Construct with a variety of manufactured materials for completion of a residential project.
• Demonstrate proper handling and installation of a variety of manufactured materials for use in a residential project.
• Describe how selected manufactured materials make the construction of a structure more environmentally sustainable.
• Select the optimal type of wood for various applications in a residential structure.
• Compare the advantages and disadvantages of using natural woods as a finish product for the structure concerning appearance, durability, and sustainability for residential construction.
• Investigate sustainable harvesting practices and select the most sustainable local lumber for finishing residential structures.

Skill Descriptor: Engage with a variety of mechanical fasteners and adhesives used in residential construction.

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

Achievement Indicators:

• Demonstrate the safe and appropriate use of a variety of fasteners used in residential construction.
• Identify and use the appropriate fastener for a project.
• Select the size, gauge and length of fasteners required to install residential finish materials.
• Select and use the appropriate tool to install a variety of residential finishing fasteners.
• Select the correct adhesive for a project based on its properties and intended use.

Skill Descriptor: Demonstrate proficiency in measurement and the application of mathematical estimation skills (metric and imperial).

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

Achievement Indicators:

• Measure a room to estimate the quantity of a product needed.
• Calculate board feet, linear feet, and square feet of various residential construction products.
• Calculate the quantity and price of materials to construct a project.
• Convert from imperial to metric when reading a building construction plan or measuring device.
• Apply angles, areas, and ratios to construct safe residential structures using carpentry specific tools.

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

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

Achievement Indicators:

• Design a project showing an understanding of Canadian graded dimensioned lumber.
• Create or draft a design for a structure or renovation/repair for a client and execute it.
• Consider and justify which framing system will be most suitable for your design and client needs.
• Identify and use common drafting symbols for residential construction in a plan.
• Determine and calculate the person hours/labour costs for a project from design documents.

Skill Descriptor: Demonstrate and describe the use of insulating products.

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

Achievement Indicators:

• Explain various insulation and air sealing techniques used to create a more energy efficient home.
• Describe the R value system used in insulating a residential dwelling.
• Describe the difference between a R2000 home and passive home.
• Explain what a Net Zero home is and how it is achieved.
• Describe what an Insulated Concrete Foundation (ICF) structure is.
• Identify the need for vapour barriers and acoustic sealants when insulating.
• Explain the code requirements for insulation of exterior walls and roof attics.
• Install fiberglass insulation in a project using proper PPE.
• Utilize energy audits and/or information on energy efficiency and insulation to choose techniques and materials to improve energy efficiency of residential structures.
• Justify the selection of insulation materials from market variety utilized in modern construction, considering sustainability, energy efficiency and the minimum building code requirements.

Skill Descriptor: Apply the understanding of installing residential doors and windows.

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

Achievement Indicators:

• Identify five styles of window commonly used in residential construction.
• Demonstrate proper technique and processes to waterproofing and sealing (flashing) a window or door to redirect water away from the interior.
• Demonstrate and describe the proper and safe installation of exterior doors.
• Demonstrate and describe the proper and safe installation of residential windows.
• Explain thermal bridging and how it can be addressed when installing doors and windows.
• Determine the criteria of when a floating floor option should be utilized.
• Construct a simple door suitable for residential projects
• Demonstrate the proper installation of an interior door.
• Install a doorknob on a slab door.

Skill Descriptor: Engage in surface preparation and finishing techniques used in interior residential carpentry construction.

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

Achievement Indicators:

• Explore historical and different cultural processes, such as Wabanaki, for finish construction or repair and renovation of residential structures.
• Construct plumb and align interior walls with and without openings.
• Demonstrate the proper construction of a set of stairs (modelling, drawing, or digital representations are acceptable).
• Explain the criteria of when a floating floor option should be utilized.
• Construct a simple door suitable for residential projects.
• Demonstrate the proper installation of an interior door in a residential construction project.
• Apply industry finishing techniques around a residential door or window.
• Prepare an interior horizontal surface by verifying it is level and ready for finishing.
• Demonstrate environmentally conscious decision-making when selecting more sustainable products for interior finishing construction projects.
• Demonstrate the proper finishing techniques of drywall installation
• Demonstrate the proper cut and installation of trims and moldings.

Skill Descriptor: Engage in surface preparation and finishing techniques in exterior residential carpentry construction.

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

Achievement Indicators:

• Prepare a vertical surface by verifying a wall is plumb and ready for the exterior finish.
• Prepare a horizontal surface by verifying it is level and ready for finishing.
• Select appropriate tools and materials for a required exterior finish.
• Demonstrate the proper technique for the installation of a variety of residential siding or cladding.
• Demonstrate the application of siding materials around a door or window.
• Enact a break to bend metal used for flashing, boxed returns, or fascia.
• Demonstrate how to install a drip edge.
• Demonstrate how to flash doors and windows.
• Use of a story board for siding installation.
• Finish a framed roof by installing soffit and fascia.
• Compare and contrast a variety of roof covering products.
• Demonstrate proper technique for the installation of roofing materials as determined by construction project.