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Carpentry & Building Construction Class is a combination of class and lab activities at Edmonds Community College with the portion being spent on a building site constructing a single family residence. You will be taking six college classes all part of the CIT program at Edmonds CC.
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Top 5 Reasons
to choose this elective
It's a fun, hands-on, out-of-the-seat class.
You get to build a house that will be sold to support the program the following year.
Get out of school and meet students from other high schools and develop skills that will be useful for the rest of your liferegardless of your career.
Work on personal projects, learn to use tools, find out how buildings work.
Get your first aid certificate and save someone's life, usually a close friend or family member.
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Students in this program learn valuable skills by building an actual residential home from start to finish!
Projections for 2013-2018 indicate that the demand for skilled Carpenters and Trades workers is expected to increase.
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Career Opportunities
Construction Trades: apprenticeship level for Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC, Painting, Laborers, etc
Continuing on in college and earning Construction Management degree, qualifying for entry level construction management and supervisory positions
Entry level positions in residential construction trades, new and remodel, starting around $15 an hour
Working as a weatherization or home performance (energy optimization) tech
Working in related construction trades: building inspector, home inspector, utilities technician, etc.
CTE Program of Study
Carpentry & Construction
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