Grants High School

Residential Construction I

04147000

Course Description: Key content includes: Orientation to the Trade; safety obligations of all to ensure a safe workplace, OSHA regulation awareness, communication and professional/employability skills. Courses provide information related to the building of wooden structures, enabling students to gain an understanding of wood grades and construction methods, and to learn skills such as laying sills and joists; erecting sills and rafters; applying sheathing, siding, and shingles; setting door jambs; and hanging doors. Carpentry courses may teach skills for rough construction, finish work, or both. Students learn to read blueprints, draft, use tools and machines properly and safely, erect buildings from construction lumber, perform finish work inside buildings, and do limited cabinet work.

1 year, 1 elective credit.  Grades 10-11

Prerequisite: Construction, Instructor Permission

Lab Fee: $40

Residential Construction II

04157000

Course Description: Residential Construction II - Recommended for Students Grades 10 - 12. Key content includes: Orientation to the Trade; safety obligations of all to ensure a safe workplace, OSHA regulation awareness, communication skills and professional/employability skills. Courses provide students with much of the same knowledge as general carpentry courses (knowledge of various types and grades of woods, proper and safe use of hand and power tools, site selection and preparation), but place a special emphasis on construction methods applicable to floor, wall, roof, and/or stair framing. Course content may also include insulation installation and painting.

1 year, 1 elective credit.  Grades 10-12

Prerequisite: Residential Construction I

Lab Fee: $40